Key: F major
Intro 1
F
Eb
F
Eb
Gm
Bb
F
Bb
Fsus4
F
Bb
Fsus4
F
Eb
F
Bb
F
Eb
F
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
C
D
C
Verse 1
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Bb
F
I was standing out back as the sun sank on down.
I was thinking to myself about a
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Csus4
Bb
long distant sound,
C
F
Am
How the fury and the flame
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Bb
burned so bright
C
Bb
F
Gm
F
slow moving train.
Verse 2
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Fsus4
from the West to the East ,
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Bb
With the hopes of a nation
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Csus4
Dm
of salvation and peace,
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F
Cm
F
All the people came out and they
Bb
F
stood by the tracks,
Dbdim
Dm
F
C
Eb
As the slow moving train took him back.
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Bb
C
It was
Verse 3
Bb
F
of a time and a place,
Am
G
C
youth'ssmiling face,
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Adim
The beginning of a lesson
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Bb
F
we're still learning today,
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Csus4
C
Since he left on the slow
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F
Bb
F
Gm
moving train.
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On that
Verse 4
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C
Bb
from the sea to the sea,
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F
Cm
All the peoplecame out,
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Bb
Csus4
the men took off their hats,
Dbdim
Dm
F
Eb
F
Dm
As that slow moving train took him back.
Bb
F
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
F
Dbdim
Dm
F
C
Verse 5
Eb
D
Em
D
G
Bdim
I wonder where would we be,
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C
G
if the bullets had failed,
If the young men with dreams
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C
D
G
Just a shot from the darkness and
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G
the whole world was changed,
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Dsus4
They sent him home on
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D
C
a slow moving train.
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Am
G
Am
G
On a
Verse 6
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D
Em
vation and peace,
F#dim
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Dm
A
All the people came out and
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G
they stood by the tracks,
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Em
C#dim
D
G
As the slow moving train
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Em
Edim
Em
C#dim
took him back.
Verse 7
G
D
He went home on that slow moving
F
train.
(John Keller Tonio K)
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