The Brakeman's Consolation chords by Chris stamey

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Verse 1
D 
F#m 
Put away these foolish tears,
G 
this is something you'll forget.
A 
D 
Said the railway engineer,
F#m 
G 
A 
as the tracks were turning wet.
Bm 
B 
You're wrong to paint a noose
G 
around your neck.
A 
G 
F#m 
A 
Put away these foolish tears of regret
G 
D 
You encounter every
F#m 
G 
kind of trouble on this
train
A 
D 
There are those who would return
F#m 
G 
There are those who can't remain
A 
Bm 
There are those who mourn
B 
G 
what hasn't happened
A 
G 
A 
G 
Put away these foolish tears of regret
D 
F# 
E 
And long into night, we kept rollin'
A 
D 
F# 
Marking the time from town to town
E 
Watching the coal fire burning
A 
D 
The brakeman never uttered a sound

Interlude 1

F#m

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Verse 2
D 
F#m 
You're attracted to the way
G 
A 
the journey has to end
D 
But for me it never stops,
F#m 
G 
it reverses to begin
A 
Bm 
B 
G 
And every switch maneuver has been set
A 
G 
A 
Put away these foolish tears of regret
G 
D 
Now I could have argued
F#m 
G 
quick with  the banter
of the one
D 
F#m 
But emotion was a trick I
G 
was trying to leave
behind
A 
Bm 
And as I   was turning
B 
G 
A 
sick the porter said
G 
A 
G 
A 
Put away these foolish tears, put away these foolish tears,
G 
A 
put away these foolish tears, let's stop again.
G 