A train robbery chords by
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Key: A major•

Verse 1

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1, 2, 3, 1, 2

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The moon touched the coastal lines

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The rail bed was frozen with ice

In the distance an engine was

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keeping good time

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Steam whistled on just twice

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Down in the cut past the old

trestle bridge

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Twelve fine horses stood

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Masked men shivered

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in the cold on the ridge

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Not far from the

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Glendale woods

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The bracelet showed the swaying train

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When the driver saw the red light

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Her iron brakes sparked

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like silver rain

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And the metals screamed

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through the night

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The baggage man peered

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out to look for the fault

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When fear froze up his heart

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He was staring down the

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barrel of an army colt

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That threatened to tear him apart

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We will burn your train to cinders

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So throw their money on down

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Open up your damned express car

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And jump down to the ground

But we won't touch that old

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Coleman

She's

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Southerin' and they claim

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We ain't offered no reward

For

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Frank and

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Jesse

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James

For

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Frank and

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Jesse

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Gm

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James

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In long soldier's coats, forayed with the years,

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quickly they scrambled aboard

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The men was a -sweatin' and the wo men shed tears,

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and the preacher prayed to the

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Lord

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When they opened the safe, there was nothing for them,

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so they strode down through the train

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What a miserable sight,

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those desperate men

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Robbing old folks of their

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gold watch and chain

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We will burn your train to cinders

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So throw their money on down

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Open up your damned express car

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And jump down to the ground

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But we won't touch

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that old poor man

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She's

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Southerin an d they claim

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We ain't offered no reward

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For

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Frank and

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Jesse

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James

For

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Frank and

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Jesse

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James

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Some say the devil had taken his soul

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Some say his spirit survived

We all know he was nothing but a

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Missouri farm boy

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Just fightin' to stay alive

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High above that railroad bed

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On a ridge where the pines grow tall

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If you listen to the wind

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There's a ghost of a chance

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You can still hear old

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Jesse call

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We will burn your train to cinders,

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so throw their money on down.

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Open up your damned express car,

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and jump down to the ground.

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But we won't touch that

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old poleman

She's

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Southern and they claim

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We ain't offered no reward

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For

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Frank and

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Jesse

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James

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Jesse

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Jesse

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James

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James

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The original key of A train robbery by Newtown is A major.

The primary chords used in A train robbery are A, D, E, Am, G.

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