Great train robbery chords by
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Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Do you remember
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the great train robbery?
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How it all happened, back in '63
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When Johnny Rainbow took
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his band of brave men
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Went down to the crossing
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to meet that train
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When they were sure the time was
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right
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Fourteen men to share seven million
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Bound to steal, steal it all and run
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Johnny wanted to keep it peaceful
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But Wilson cried and though
it might have died
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You know they had to turn
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and run
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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The life of a thief
Is all bits and pieces
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It's out on the street
And all that it teaches
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The look in the wind
And taking a gamble
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The wages of sin
Verse 4
Are too hot to handle
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(Look him in the eye)
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He takes what he finds
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(Look him in the eye)
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Yeah, he's marking time
(Look him in the eye)
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His life's on the line
Interlude 3
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Verse 5
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No one knows where the
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Rainbow is hiding
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He's been sure not to tip his hand
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He is still living on the fruits
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of that bloody day
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They caught some of his friends,
they got some of his money
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But they never could catch
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that man
Interlude 4
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Verse 6
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The affairs of that night will live forever
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As the law was breeched in
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the heart of a thief
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Many legends still declare
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that tragic day
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How the iron horse fell, oh I know so well
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I was a party to all that grief
Outro 1
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