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capo 3 — sounds 3 semitones higherSong
Downbound Train chords
Bruce Springsteen 1984
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downbound_Train
Capo III *
Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D 2x
I had a job, I had a girl
I had something going mister in this world
I got laid off down at the lumber yard
Our love went bad, times got hard
Now I work down at the car wash
Where all it ever does is rain
Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train
She just said Joe, I gotta go
We had it once, we ain't got it any more
She packed her bags, left me behind
She bought a ticket on the central line
Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
I feel her kiss in the misty rain
And I feel like I'm a rider on a downbound train
Last night I heard your voice
You were crying, crying, you were so alone
You said your love had never died
You were waiting for me at home
Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
I ran till I thought my chest would explode
There in the clearing, beyond the highway
In the moonlight, our wedding house shone
I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door
My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed
The room was dark, our bed was empty
Then I heard that long whistle whine
And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried
Now I swing a sledge hammer on a road gang
Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
Now don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train
Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D 5x
* Alternate:
Capo I
Em = F#m
G = A
D = E
Dsus4 = Esus4
Cmaj7 = Dmaj7
C = D
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