Downbound Train Chords by Bruce Springsteen
- Key: Gm
- BPM: 118
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
DOWNBOUND TRAIN CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Gm Gm7 F Gm Bb F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Gm Bb Well I had a job I had a girl F I had something going mister in this world Gm Bb I got laid off down at the lumberyard F Our love went bad times got hard Eb F Now I work down at the car wash Gm Where all it ever does is rain Eb F Gm F Don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train Gm Bb She just said Joe I gotta go F We had it once we ain't got it anymore Gm Bb She packed her bags left me behind F She bought a ticket on the Central Line [Chorus] Eb F Nights as I sleep I hear that whistle whining Gm I feel her kiss in the misty rain Eb F Gm Gm7 F Don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound ■ ■ train [Inst] Eb Ebmaj7 Eb F Gm Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F Gm7 F ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Gm Gm7 Last night I heard your voice Bb F You were crying crying you were so alone Gm Bb You said your love had never died Fsus4 F You were waiting for me at home Gm Bb I put on my jacket I ran through the woods F Bb F I ran 'til I thought my chest would explode Gm Bb There in a clearing beyond the highway F Bb F In the moonlight our wedding house shone Gm Bb I rushed through the yard I burst through the front door F My head pounding hard up the stairs I climbed Gm Bb The room was dark our bed was empty F Then I heard that long whistle whine Eb Bb And I dropped to my knees hung my head and cried [Chorus] Eb F Now I swing a sledgehammer on a railroad gang Gm Knocking down them cross ties working in the rain Eb F Gm7 F Don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train [Solo] Gm Bb F Gm Bb F Gm7 Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F Gm Bb F Gm Bb F Gm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bb F Gm Bb F Gm Bb F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Gm Bb F ■ ■ ■ [Outro]