| E | E | E | E |

[Verse 1]
E          B
When I was young,
  E        A      E
I spent my summer days.
               B
Playing on the track.
    E            B
The sound of the wheels,
E              A
rolling on the steel.
        E
Took me out, took me back.

[Chorus]
    A          E
Big train from Memphis,
    A          E
big train from Memphis,
         B           E
now it’s gone, gone, gone,
B           E
gone, gone, gone.

[Verse 2]
              B
Like no one before,
   E         A
he let out a roar.
    E                   B
And I, just had to tag along.
     E               B
Each night I went to bed,
         E            A
with the sounds in my head.
        E
And the dream, was a song.

[Chorus]
    A          E
Big train from Memphis,
    A          E
big train from Memphis,
         B           E
now it’s gone, gone, gone,
B           E
gone, gone, gone.

[Break]
| E B | E A | E | B |
| E B | E A | E | E |
| A | E | B | E | E |

[Verse 3]
                B
Well I rode ’em in.
    E         A
And back out again.
    E                         B
You know, what they say about trains.
    E          B
But I’m tellin you,
          E                  A
when that Memphis train came through.
         E
This old world was not the same.

[Outro]
    A          E
Big train from Memphis,
    A          E
big train from Memphis,
         B           E
now it’s gone, gone, gone,
B           E
gone, gone, gone.