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        Gm            Bb                    F

I had a job, I had a girl  I had something going mister in this world

           Gm                      Bb                   F

I got laid off down at the lumber yard   Our love went bad, times got hard

     Ebmaj7               F            F                    Gm

Now I work down at the carwash   Where all it ever does is rain

           Eb                 F          Gm         F

Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train

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               Gm          Bb              F

She just said "Joe I gotta go    We had it once we ain't got it any more"

                Gm             Bb                  F

She packed her bags left me behind   She bought a ticket on the Central Line

            Ebmaj7                       F                  F                Gm

Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining  I feel her kiss in the misty rain

       Eb              F          Gm         F

And I feel like I'm a rider on a downbound train



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      Gm                Bb                       F 

Last night I heard your voice   You’re crying, crying  you were so alone

               Gm             Bb             F

You said your love had never died  You were waiting for me at home

           Gm                        Bb                    F

Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods   I ran till I thought my chest 

                               Gm                  Bb

would explode   There in the clearing, beyond the highway

        F                                                         Gm 

In the moonlight, our wedding house shone   I rushed through the yard,

                      Bb                           F

I burst through the front door   My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed

              Gm               Bb              F

The room was dark, our bed was empty   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 sledge hammer on a railroad gang

                                               Gm

Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain

              Eb                 F          Gm         F

Now don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train



Gm    Bb    F    F      (with intro)