Key: F major
Intro 1
F#
E
F#
E
G#m
B
F#
B
F#sus4
F#
B
F#sus4
F#
E
F#
B
F#
E
F#
E
F#sus4
B
C#
D#
C#
Verse 1
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B
F#
I was standing out back as the sun sank on down.
I was thinking to myself about a
G#
C#sus4
B
long distant sound,
C#
F#
A#m
How the fury and the flame
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B
burned so bright
C#
B
F#
G#m
F#
slow moving train.
Verse 2
F#
F#sus4
from the West to the East ,
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B
With the hopes of a nation
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C#sus4
D#m
of salvation and peace,
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F#
C#m
F#
All the people came out and they
B
F#
stood by the tracks,
Ddim
D#m
F#
C#
E
As the slow moving train took him back.
F#
B
C#
It was
Verse 3
B
F#
of a time and a place,
A#m
G#
C#
youth'ssmiling face,
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A#dim
The beginning of a lesson
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B
F#
we're still learning today,
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C#sus4
C#
Since he left on the slow
B
F#
B
F#
G#m
moving train.
F#
On that
Verse 4
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C#
B
from the sea to the sea,
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F#
C#m
All the peoplecame out,
C
B
C#sus4
the men took off their hats,
Ddim
D#m
F#
E
F#
D#m
As that slow moving train took him back.
B
F#
E
F#sus4
B
F#
Ddim
D#m
F#
C#
Verse 5
E
D#
E#m
D#
G#
Cdim
I wonder where would we be,
G#
Db
Ab
if the bul lets had failed,
If the young men with dreams
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Db
Eb
Ab
Just a shot from the darkness and
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Ab
the whole world was changed,
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Ebsus4
They sent him home on
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Eb
Db
a slow moving train.
Ab
Bbm
Ab
Bbm
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On a
Verse 6
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Eb
Fm
vation and peace,
Gdim
G#
D#m
A#
All the people came out and
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G#
they stood by the tracks,
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Fm
Ddim
Eb
Ab
As the slow moving train
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Fm
Fdim
Fm
Ddim
took him back.
Verse 7
Ab
Eb
He went home on that slow moving
Gb
train.
(John Keller Tonio K)
Ab
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