Downbound Train Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E][G][D][D]
[E][G][D][D]

[Verse 1]
I had a [E]job, I had a [G]girl
I had something [D]going, mister, in this world
I got laid [E]off down at the lumber [G]yard
Our love went [D]bad, times got hard

[Chorus 1]
Now I [C]work down at the [D]car wash
Where all it ever does is [Em]rain
Don't you [C]feel like you're a [D]rider
on a [Em]downb[C]ound t[D]rain

[Verse 2]
She just said, [Em]"Joe, I gotta [G]go
We had it [D]once, we ain't got it anymore"
She packed her [Em]bags, left me be[G]hind
She bought a [D]ticket on the Central Line

[Chorus 2]
Nights as I [C]sleep, I hear that whistle [D]whining
I feel her kiss in the misty [Em]rain
And I [C]feel like I'm a [D]rider
on a [Em]downb[C]ound t[D]rain

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][D][Em]
[C][D][Em][C][D]

[Bridge 1]
Last [Em]night I heard your [G]voice
You were crying, [D]crying, you were so alone
You said your [Em]love had never [G]died
You were [D]waiting for me at home
Put on my jack[Em]et, I ran through the [G]woods
I ran till I [D]thought my chest would explode
There in the [Em]clearing, beyond the [G]highway
In the [D]moonlight, our wedding house shone
I rushed through the [Em]yard
I burst through the [G]front door,
my head pounding [D]hard
Up the stairs I climbed
The room was [Em]dark, our bed was [G]empty
Then I [D]heard that long whistle whine
And I [C]dropped to my knees,
hung my head [G]and cried

[Chorus 3]
Now I swing a [C]sledge
hammer on a [D]railroad gang
Knocking down them them
cross ties, working in the [Em]rain
Now, don't it [C]feel like you're a [D]rider
on a [Em]downb[C]ound t[D]rain

[Outro 1]
[Em][G][D][D]
[Em][G][D][D]
[Repeat and fade]