B7 E A E When I was young I spent my summer days B7 layin' on the tracks E B7 E A The sound of the wheel rollin' on the steel E Took me out, took me back Chorus: A E Big train from Memphis A E Big train from Memphis B7 E Now it's gone gone gone B7 E Gone gone gone Verse 2: Like no one before, he let out a roar And I just had to tag along Each night I went to bed with a sound in my head And the dream was a song (chorus) (instrumental) Verse 3: Well I rode 'em in and back out again You know what they say about trains But I'm tellin' you, since that Memphis train came through This whole world's not the same (chorus) (play E and fade)