Key: Bb major
Intro 1
C#
E
B
B
C#
E
B
B
Verse 1
C#
E
I had a job, I had a girl
B
I had something going, mister, in this world
C#
E
I got laid off down at the lumber yard
B
Our love went bad, times got hard
Chorus 1
A
B
Now I work down at the car wash
C#m
Where all it ever does is rain
A
B
Don't you feel like you're a rider
C#m
A
B
on a down bound train
Verse 2
C#m
E
She just said, "Joe, I gotta go
B
We had it once, we ain't got it anymore"
C#m
E
She packed her bags, left me behind
B
She bought a ticket on the Central Line
Chorus 2
A
B
Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
C#m
I feel her kiss in the misty rain
A
B
And I feel like I'm a rider
C#m
A
B
on a down bound train
Interlude 1
A
B
B
C#m
A
B
C#m
A
B
Bridge 1
C#m
E
Last night I heard your voice
B
You were crying, crying, you were so alone
C#m
E
You said your love had never died
B
You were waiting for me at home
C#m
E
Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
B
I ran till I thought my chest would explode
C#m
E
There in the clearing, beyond the highway
B
In the moonlight, our wedding house shone
C#m
I rushed through the yard
E
I burst through the front door,
B
my head pounding hard
Up the stairs I climbed
C#m
E
The room was dark, our bed was empty
B
Then I heard that long whistle whine
A
And I dropped to my knees,
E
hung my head and cried
Chorus 3
A
Now I swing a sledge
B
hammer on a railroad gang
Knocking down them them
C#m
cross ties, working in the rain
A
B
Now, don't it feel like you're a rider
C#m
A
B
on a down bound train
Outro 1
C#m
E
B
B
C#m
E
B
B
[Repeat and fade]
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