C#m F# E
[Verse 1]
B G#m E B
I roomed with him in Rockville in 1925
E F#
He was doing life and I was doing time
B G#m E B
His memory drifted back when he was most alive
C#m F#
When Frank and Jesse James were in their prime
B G#m E B
He was a corporal, fought the Kiowa and Sioux
E F#
From Sulphur Springs to Kansas clay
B E B
Ran into trouble when his soldier days were through
C#m F# B
Ended up a thousand miles away
[Chorus]
G#m E
Don’t waste fond words or sad goodbye
B F# E F#
Lay me down on the wide open plain
G#m E C#
Out beneath the quilted sky
E F# B
Where I can see both ends of the train
[Solo]
B, B, B, B, B, F#, B, B, E B, C#m, F#, G#m, E, B, E, F#, G#m, E, C#m, E, F#
[Verse 2]
B G#m E B
He said I saw the Buffalo, the herds would last for days
E F#
Back before the railroad came
B G#m E B
Now it’s all moved on without me but I miss the older ways
C#m F#
And I know it can never be the same
B G#m E B
They buried him at Rockville and his kind won’t rise again
E F#
I hope his soul can find some rest
B G#m E B
To the world he’s long forgot, but to me he was a friend
C#m F# B
I still recall his last request
[Chorus]
G#m E
Don’t waste fond words or sad goodbye
B F# E F#
Lay me down on the wide open plain
G#m E C#
Out beneath the quilted sky
E F# B
Where I can see both ends of the train
