[Start]
[Intro]
Gm Bb F Gm Bb F
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[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
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F Gm Cm7 F
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[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
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F Gm
Now don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train
Bb F G7 Gm Bb F
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Gm Bb F
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