Downbound Train

(Gm  Bb  F)

Gm                   Bb
I had a job, I had a girl
                 F
I had something going mister in this
 world
           Gm                     
I got laid off down at the lumber 
Bb
yard
              F
Our love went bad, times got hard
      Eb                F
Now I work down at the carwash
                          Gm
Where all it ever does is rain
           Eb                  F  
Don't you feel like you're a rider
                  Gm     Bb    F
 on a downbound train


                Gm         Bb
She just said "Joe I gotta go
           F
We had it once we ain't got it any 
more"
               Gm             Bb
She packed her bags left me behind
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              F
She bought a ticket on the Central 
Line
            Eb                
Nights as I sleep, I hear that 
   F
whistle whining
                             Gm
I feel her kiss in the misty rain
      Eb               F       
And I feel like I'm a rider on a 
             Gm     Bb    F
downbound train

(Gm  Bb  F)

     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                      
Put on my jacket, I ran through the
 Bb
 woods
              F
I ran till I thought my chest would 
explode
              Gm                  
There in the clearing, beyond the 
Bb
highway
        F
In the moonlight, our wedding house 
shone
                     Gm            
I rushed through the yard, I burst 
             Bb
through the front door
                 F
My head pounding hard, upstairs I 
climbed
              Gm               Bb
The room was dark, our bed was empty
        F
Then I heard that long whistle whine
          Eb                       
And I dropped to my knees, hung my 
           Bb
head and cried

       Eb                   F
Now I swing a  hammer on a road gang
Knocking down them cross ties, 
               Gm
working in the rain
             Eb                
Now don't it feel like you're a 
  F                    Gm      Bb
rider on a downbound train
   F    Gm  Bb   F


(Gm  Bb  F)