Downbound Train Chords by Bruce Springsteen
- Key: Gm
- BPM: 120
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
DOWNBOUND TRAIN CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Gm Bb F Gm Bb F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Gm F I had a job I had a girl Bb F I had something going mister in this world G7 Bb I got laid off down at the lumber yard 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 you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train [Chorus] 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 Eb F Nights as I sleep I hear that whistle whining Gm I feel her kiss in the misty rain Eb F Gm Eb F And I feel like I'm a rider on a downbound ■ train [Inst] Ebmaj7 F Gm7 Gm Gm7 Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F Gm Cm7 F ■ ■ ■ ■ [Bridge] Gm Bb Last night I heard your voice F You were crying crying you were so alone Gm Bb You said your love had never died F You were waiting for me at home Gm Bb Put on my jacket I ran through the woods [Verse] F I ran 'til I thought my chest would explode Gm7 Gm Bb There in a clearing beyond the highway F In the moonlight our wedding house shone Gm7 I rushed through the yard [Chorus] Gm Bb F I burst through the front door my head pounding hard F 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 Eb F Now I swing a sledgehammer on a railroad gang Gm Eb F Knocking down them cross ties working in the rain [Outro] Gm Eb F Gm Bb F Gm Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F Gm Now don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train Bb F G7 Gm Bb F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Gm Bb F ■ ■ ■