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Ballad for a friend chords by Bob Dylan

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Verse 1
(G major) Sad (C major) I'm sittin' (G major) on
the rail (C major) road track, (G major)
(C major) Watchin' that old (G major) smokestack.
(C major) Train (G major) is a- leavin' but
Verse 2
it won't be back.
(G major)
Years ago (C major) we hang around, (G major)
(C major) Watchin' trains roll (G major) through the town.
(C major) Now that train is a- (G major) graveyard
bound.
(C major) (G major)

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Verse 3
Where we go (C major) (G major) up in that North (C major) coun (G major) try,
(C major) Lakes and streams an (G major) d mines so free, (C major)
(G major) I (C major) had no better (G major) friend than he.
Verse 4
(G major)
Something (C major) (G major) happened to (C major) him that day, (G major)
(C major) I thought I heard a stranger (G major) say,
I hung my head and stole away.
A (C major) diesel
Verse 5
truck was head (G major) in' down,
(C major) Pullin' down a (G major) heavy load.
It left (C major) him on a (G major) Utah road.
Verse 6
They carried him back (C major) to his home town, (G major)
(C major) His mother cried, (G major) his sister moaned,
(C major) Listenin' to them church bells tone. (G major)
Verse 7
(G major)
A diesel truck was (C major) rollin' slow, (G major)
(C major) Pullin' (G major) down a heavy load.
And (C major) it left him on a Utah (G major) road.
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