Key: F major
Intro 1
G
F
G
F
Am
C
G
C
Gsus4
G
C
Gsus4
G
F
G
C
G
F
G
F
Gsus4
C
D
E
D
Verse 1
G
C
G
I was standing out back as the sun sank on down.
I was thinking to myself about a
A
Dsus4
C
long distant sound,
D
G
Bm
How the fury and the flame
G
C
burned so bright
D
C
G
Am
G
slow moving train.
Verse 2
G
Gsus4
from the West to the East ,
G
C
With the hopes of a nation
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Dsus4
Em
of salvation and peace,
D
G
Dm
G
All the people came out and they
C
G
stood by the tracks,
Ebdim
Em
G
D
F
As the slow moving train took him back.
G
C
D
It was
Verse 3
C
G
of a time and a place,
Bm
A
D
youth'ssmiling face,
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Bdim
The beginning of a lesson
G
C
G
we're still learning today,
C
Dsus4
D
Since he left on the slow
C
G
C
G
Am
moving train.
G
On that
Verse 4
G
D
C
from the sea to the sea,
D
G
Dm
All the peoplecame out,
C#
C
Dsus4
the men took off their hats,
Ebdim
Em
G
F
G
Em
As that slow moving train took him back.
C
G
F
Gsus4
C
G
Ebdim
Em
G
D
Verse 5
F
E
F#m
E
A
C#dim
I wonder where would we be,
A
D
A
if the bullets had failed,
If the young men with dreams
E
D
E
A
Just a shot from the darkness and
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A
the whole world was changed,
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Esus4
They sent him home on
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E
D
a slow moving train.
A
Bm
A
Bm
A
On a
Verse 6
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E
F#m
vation and peace,
G#dim
A
Em
B
All the people came out and
D
A
they stood by the tracks,
Fdim
F#m
Ebdim
E
A
As the slow moving train
C#aug
F#m
F#dim
F#m
Ebdim
took him back .
Verse 7
A
E
He went home on that slow moving
G
train.
(John Keller Tonio K)
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