A Seat on the Morning Train {iii} ["BLUES"-Grass 1]

[Intro – banjo kick-off, 4 bars]

[Verse 1]
I tuned that dusty fiddle and I played it till the dawn,
I tuned that dusty fiddle, Lord, I played it till the dawn,
And the sun climbed up the holler, and the lonesome night was gone.

[Verse 2]
I walked down to the depot with a dollar and a song,
Walked on down to the depot with a dollar and a song,
Told the man to sell me passage to wherever I belong.

[Chorus]
Muddy water clears, Lord, when the rain has had its say,
Muddy water clears, it clears up, when the rain has had its say,
And the creek runs clean as Sunday when the storm has gone away.

[Instrumental Break – fiddle, 12 bars, train-whistle slides]

[Verse 3]
I passed by Darlene's porch, and your boots were standing there,
I rode past Darlene's porch, saw your boots still standing there,
Lord, I waved just like a neighbor, 'cause I no longer care.

[Verse 4]
The wheels are singing on the rails like that kettle used to do,
Those wheels are singing on the rails like my kettle used to do,
And every mile they're singing, "Child, the sun comes up for you."

[Chorus]
Muddy water clears, Lord, when the rain has had its say,
Muddy water clears, it clears up, when the rain has had its say,
And the creek runs clean as Sunday when the storm has gone away.

[Instrumental Break – Irish Bouzouki bars, Hammered Dulcimer 3 bars]

[Verse 5 – stop-time on first line]
So if you see me in the valley, I'll be laughing in the rain,
If you see me in the valley, I'll be laughing in the rain,
With a fiddle on my shoulder and a seat on the morning train.

[Outro – tag]
A seat on the morning train,
A seat... on the morning train.

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Chords: G | G | G | G7 | C | C | G | G | D | C | G | D (the Irish Bouzouki, Octave Mandolin, and Hammered Dulcimer play at double time. In cut-time notation the stanza is written as 24 short bars. Each line still has its sung half and its answer half, so the AAB fills survive the faster tempo.) Instrument plan: Kick-off on Irish Bouzouki · Break 1 on Octave Mandolin (with a train-whistle double-stop slide) · Break 2 trades Irish Bouzouki and Hammered Dulcimer · Tag answered by the whole band on a final G-run [Intro – banjo kick-off, 4 bars] [Verse 1] I tuned that dusty fiddle and I played it till the dawn, I tuned that dusty fiddle, Lord, I played it till the dawn, And the sun climbed up the holler, and the lonesome night was gone. [Verse 2] I walked down to the depot with a dollar and a song, Walked on down to the depot with a dollar and a song, Told the man to sell me passage to wherever I belong. [Chorus] Muddy water clears, Lord, when the rain has had its say, Muddy water clears, it clears up, when the rain has had its say, And the creek runs clean as Sunday when the storm has gone away. [Instrumental Break – fiddle, 12 bars, train-whistle slides] [Verse 3] I passed by Darlene's porch, and your boots were standing there, I rode past Darlene's porch, saw your boots still standing there, Lord, I waved just like a neighbor, 'cause I no longer care. [Verse 4] The wheels are singing on the rails like that kettle used to do, Those wheels are singing on the rails like my kettle used to do, And every mile they're singing, "Child, the sun comes up for you." [Chorus] Muddy water clears, Lord, when the rain has had its say, Muddy water clears, it clears up, when the rain has had its say, And the creek runs clean as Sunday when the storm has gone away. [Instrumental Break – Irish Bouzouki bars, Hammered Dulcimer 3 bars] [Verse 5 – stop-time on first line] So if you see me in the valley, I'll be laughing in the rain, If you see me in the valley, I'll be laughing in the rain, With a fiddle on my shoulder and a seat on the morning train. [Outro – tag] A seat on the morning train, A seat... on the morning train.

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