Homebound Train chords by
Tom Paxton

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Simplified

Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
Bb Bb 
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When I was a boy,
Eb Eb 6
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just ten years old,
F F 
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Fishing with my uncle on
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Lake Champlain,
Eb Eb 6
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He got a call real late one night,
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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Took me down to a homebound train.
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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He said, 'Son, your daddy's not well.
F F 
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He needs you home,
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and he needs you now.'
Eb Eb 6
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He knew much more than
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he would tell,
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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It made no difference, anyhow.

Verse 2
Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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I sat all night on the homebound train,
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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I saw my daddy in my mind.
Eb Eb 6
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And how it happened, I can't explain,
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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I saw him wave and leave me behind.
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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Just ten years old on a homebound train,
F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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I said my prayers, as children do,
Eb Eb 6
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Like a song you sing to an old refrain,
F F 
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'Please, God, please, God,

Interlude 1

it's up to you.'

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Verse 3
Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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I dreamed the train had dropped me off,
F F 
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Broken clouds and the glimpse
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of a star.
Eb Eb 6
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There stood Momma and there stood Sue,
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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And there was Daddy in the car.
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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I dreamed he held me while I cried,
F F 
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Saying, "It's alright,
Bb Bb 
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son I'm still here",
Eb Eb 6
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His big arm around my shoulder,
F F 
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His shirt sleeve to dry my tears.

Verse 4
Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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Train pulled in, I climbed down,
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Clouds so low, no sign of a star.
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There stood Momma, and there stood Sue,
F F 
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I sat there alone in the back
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of the car.
Eb Eb 6
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It started to rain as we pulled away,
F F 
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Rained so hard with the wind so cold,
Eb Eb 6
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Streets so empty and the sky so gray,
F F 
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Daddy was gone and I was ten
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years old.