Key: E minor
Intro 1
Dm
Gm
F
C
Dm
Gm
F
C
Verse 1
Dm
Gm
F
C
The walls are built up stone by stone
Dm
Gm
F
C
The fields divided one by one
Dm
Gm
And the train conductor says
F
C
Take a break, Driver 8
Dm
Gm
Driver 8, take a break
F
C
We've been on this shift too long
Chorus 1
C
Bb
F
C
And the train conductor says
Bb
F
C
Take a break, driver 8
Bb
F
C
Driver 8, take a break
Bb
F
Dm
We can reach our destination
C
F
C
Dm
But we're still a ways away
C
F
C
But we're still a ways
Verse 2
Dm
(away)
Gm
I saw a treehouse,
F
C
on the outskirts of the farm
Dm
Gm
The power lines have floaters,
F
C
so the airplanes won't get snagged
Dm
The bells are ringing,
Gm
F
C
through the town again
Dm
Gm
The children look up, all they hear,
F
C
is sky-blue bells ringing
Chorus 2
C
Bb
F
C
And the train conductor says
Bb
F
C
Take a break, driver 8
Bb
F
C
Driver 8, take a break
Bb
F
Dm
We can reach our destination
C
F
C
Dm
But we're still a ways away
C
F
C
Dm
But we're still a ways away
C
F
C
Dm
But we're still a ways away
C
F
C
But we're still a ways
Bridge 1
Gm
(away)
Bb
A way to shield the ha ted heat
F
C
A way to put myself to sleep
Gm
Bb
A way to shield the ha ted heat
F
C
A way to put myself, my children to sleep
Interlude 1
Dm
Gm
F
C
Dm
Gm
F
C
Verse 3
Dm
Gm
F
C
He piloted this song in a plane like that one
Dm
Gm
F
C
She is selling faith on the Go Tell Crusade
Dm
Gm
F
Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent,
C
Dm
hear the bells ring again
Gm
F
C
The fields of wheat is looking thin
Chorus 3
C
Bb
F
C
And the train conductor says
Bb
F
C
Take a break, driver 8
Bb
F
C
Driver 8, take a break
Bb
F
C
We've been on this shift too long
Bb
F
C
And the train conductor says
Bb
F
C
Take a break, driver 8
Bb
F
C
Driver 8, take a break
Bb
F
Dm
We can reach our destination
C
F
C
Dm
But we're still a ways away
C
F
C
Dm
But we're still a ways away
C
F
C
Dm
But we're still a ways away
C
F
C
Dm
But we're still a ways away
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ChordsDm Gm F C Bb
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