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Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train: chords

        Gm           A#
I had a job, I had a girl
                 F
I had something going mister in this world
           Gm                      A#
I got laid off down at the lumber yard
               F
Our love went bad, times got hard
      D#maj7            F
Now I work down at the car wash
                          Gm
Where all it ever does is rain
          D#                  F
Don't you feel like you're a rider on a
 Gm         F
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 a 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

       D#                         F
Now I swing a sledge hammer on a road gang
                                              Gm
Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
             D#                  F
Now don't it feel like you're a rider on
      Gm         F
On a downbound train?

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D#maj7

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