Wrote it down chords by
John Hiatt

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Key: E minor•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
Em Em 
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There's a dead girl's body
G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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By the railroad track
D D 
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Em Em 
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She's waiting for a train
Jimmy left town like a fade to black
G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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In his Camero in the rain

Verse 2
Em Em 
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C C 
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She wrote it down and burned it
D D 
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Em Em 
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Jimmy loves who knows who
G G 
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Well he wasn't from around this town
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Em Em 
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And mister neither are you

Interlude 1

Verse 3
Em Em 
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G G 
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She was listening into that Monon line
D D 
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Em Em 
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For the Wabash Cannonball
Put your head on the rail
G G 
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And you can hear her whine
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Em Em 
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Just like a caterwaul

Verse 4
Em Em 
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C C 
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She wrote it down and burned it
D D 
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Em Em 
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She clutched it flaming to her chest
It said Jimmy loves cars
G G 
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And Jimmy loves trains
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Ah but Jimmy, Jimmy loves me best
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Interlude 2

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Verse 5
Em Em 
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There's a dead girl's body
G G 
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By the railroad track
D D 
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Em Em 
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Waiting for a train
D D 
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Em Em 
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Well I   guess Jimmy never
D D 
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G G 
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did come back
D D 
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Em Em 
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In his Camero in the rain

Verse 6
Em Em 
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C C 
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She wrote it down and burned it
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Em Em 
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Yeah the only way I know
You could still read some words
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In the ashes there
D D 
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Em Em 
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But she could not watch him go