Downbound Train original guitar chords by
Bruce Springsteen

1984Rock651 views

Key: Bb major

Intro 1

G

G

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Bb

Bb

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F

F

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F

F

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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F

F

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F

F

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Verse 1

G

G

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Bb

Bb

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I had a job, I had a girl

F

F

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I had something going, mister, in this world

G

G

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Bb

Bb

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I got laid off down at the lumber yard

F

F

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Our love went bad, times got hard

Chorus 1

Eb

Eb

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F

F

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Now I work down at the car wash

Gm

Gm

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Where all it ever does is rain

Eb

Eb

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F

F

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Don't you feel like you're a rider

Gm

Gm

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Ebmaj7

Ebmaj7

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F

F

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on a downbound train

Verse 2
Gm Gm 3
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Bb Bb 
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She just said, "Joe, I gotta go
F F 
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We had it once, we ain't got it anymore"
Gm Gm 3
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Bb Bb 
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She packed her bags, left me behind
F F 
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She bought a ticket on the Central Line

Chorus 2

Eb

Eb

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F

F

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Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining

Gm

Gm

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I feel her kiss in the misty rain

Eb

Eb

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F

F

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And I feel like I'm a rider

Gm

Gm

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Ebmaj7

Ebmaj7

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F

F

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on a downbound train

Interlude 1

Ebmaj7

Ebmaj7

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F

F

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F

F

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Gm

Gm

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Eb

Eb

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F

F

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Gm

Gm

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Ebmaj7

Ebmaj7

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F

F

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Bridge 1
Gm Gm 3
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Bb Bb 
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Last night I heard your voice
F F 
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You were crying, crying, you were so alone
Gm Gm 3
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Bb Bb 
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You said your love had never died
F F 
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You were waiting for me at home
Gm Gm 3
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Bb Bb 
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Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
F F 
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I ran till I thought my chest would explode
Gm Gm 3
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Bb Bb 
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There in the clearing, beyond the highway
F F 
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In the moonlight, our wedding house shone
Gm Gm 3
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I rushed through the yard
Bb Bb 
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I burst through the front door,
F F 
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my head pounding hard
Up the stairs I climbed
Gm Gm 3
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Bb Bb 
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The room was dark, our bed was empty
F F 
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Then I heard that long whistle whine
Eb Eb 6
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And I dropped to my knees,
Bb Bb 
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hung my head and cried

Chorus 3
Eb Eb 6
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Now I swing a sledge
F F 
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hammer on a railroad gang
Knocking down them them
Gm Gm 3
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cross ties, working in the rain
Eb Eb 6
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F F 
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Now, don't it feel like you're a rider
Gm Gm 3
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Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
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F F 
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on a downbound     train

Outro 1

Gm

Gm

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Bb

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F

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Gm

Gm

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Bb

Bb

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F

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