how long is this train chords by Dan Tyminski

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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How long is this train son
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I heard his fragile voice
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I didn't want to listen but there
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really was no choice
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It seems like it goes on forever
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and I've waited for so long
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The old man's breath came slow
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and smelled of whiskey in the dawn

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Verse 2

On a cold November morning in the

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gentle mist of rain

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There's just so many reasons that people

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wait to meet a train

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Verse 3
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And as I waited for my sister to come
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down the metal stairs
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He told me that his son had
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not been home in fifteen years
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And I barely seemed to notice
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the tears that find his face
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But emotions were no strangers to the
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people in this place
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Verse 4
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The old man stood there waiting for
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a young man dressed in blue
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Then he handed him a neatly folded flag
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and said for you
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He said your son he died a hero
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in the service of    this flag
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The old      man took it gently
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put it in his paper bag
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Then I left him in the rain there
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but I   still hear  his voice
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I try hard not to listen but there
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really is no choice
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Verse 5
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On  a cold November morning in
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the gentle mist     of rain
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There's just so many reasons that people wait
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to meet  a train