Glendale Train

Riders of the Purple Sage

{ CHORUS }
      C
Well, somebody robbed the Glendale train
     F                    C
This mornin' at half past nine
C
Somebody robbed the Glendale train
      D              G
And I swear, I ain't lyin'
     C
They made clean off with sixteen gees
         F             C
And left two men lyin' cold
C
Somebody robbed the Glendale train
         G                 C
And they made off with the gold
 
[Verse]
     C
Now, Charlie Jones was the engineer,
      F                    C
He had twenty years on the line
   C
He kissed his wife at the station gate
     D                     G
This morning at six thirty five
C
Everything went fine till a half past nine
     F                        C
When Charlie looked up and he saw
          C
There was men on horses, men with guns,
    G              C
And no sign of the law
 
{ CHORUS }
    C
And somebody robbed the Glendale train
     F                    C
This mornin' at half past nine
C
Somebody robbed the Glendale train
      D              G
And I swear, I ain't lyin'
     C
They made clean off with sixteen gees
         F             C
And left two men lyin' cold
C
Somebody robbed the Glendale train
         G                 C
And they made off with the gold
 
[Verse]
C
Amos White was the baggage man
       F                C
and he dearly loved his job
    C
The company, they rewarded him,
       D                G
With a golden watch and fob
      C
Well, Amos he was a markin' time
         F                 C
when the door blew off his car
     C
They found Amos White in fifteen pieces
G               C
Fifteen miles apart
 
{ CHORUS }
    C
And somebody robbed the Glendale train
     F                    C
This mornin' at half past nine
C
Somebody robbed the Glendale train
      D              G
And I swear, I ain't lyin'
     C
They made clean off with sixteen gees
         F             C
And left two men lyin' cold
C
Somebody robbed the Glendale train
         G                 C
And they made off with the gold
        C
I said, somebody robbed the Glendale train
         G                 C
And they made off with the gold
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