Robert Earl Keen song covered by Wade Bowen on "Undone: A Musicfest Tribute To Robert Earl Keen"
VERSE 1
G D
The lonesome oak tree held its fire into November
Am
He watched the last brown leaf
C D
Hit the ground and blow a way
G D
An evening gunshot lets him know the hunt is over
Am
A familiar cold moves in
C D
Some where between snow and rain
G D
Just last spring you know his heart was burning
Am C D
Before his Lynnville love hit the road to chase her dream
G D
Now he thinks of her each night and in the morning
Am C D
He laces his coffee cup with whiskey instead of cream
CHORUS
C
Her story is she's changed her mind
G
She just can't help herself
Am
She wrote please don't meet me at the Lynnville train
C D
Cause I'm coming in with someone else
C
He's a quiet man, the neighbors say
G G/F Em
But his pain won't go a way
C G
So for better or worse he's going down
D G
To meet the Lynnville train
VERSE 2
G D
He blew a tire on the road down to the station
Am
He jacked it up and thought out loud,
C D
"She never should have let me down."
G D
Just six months ago she vowed she was leaving
Am
Now she's coming home with a stranger
C D
To settle down in Lynnville town
CHORUS
C
Her story is she's changed her mind
G
She just can't help herself
Am
She wrote please don't meet me at the Lynnville train
C D
Cause I'm coming in with someone else
C
He's a quiet man, the neighbors say
G G/F Em
But his pain won't go a way
C G
So for better or worse he's going down
D G
To meet the Lynnville train
VERSE 3
G
Steel wheels scream, the whistle blows,
D
His heart is breaking
Am
She steps onto the platform,
C D
with her new love by her side
G D
He reaches in his coat, his hand is shaking
Am C D
The time has finally come. yeah, this really is goodbye
ENDING CHORUS
C
His story is he's changed his mind,
G
He just can't help himself
Am
So he's getting on board the Lynnville train
C D
And moving on to someplace else
C
As the train pulls out he watches them both
G G/F Em
Standing in the pouring rain
C Am
He's headed for a new life down the line
D G
On the Lynnville Train
C G
Yeah, for better or worse, he's leaving town
D G
On the Lynnville Train
