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Downbound Train
Bruce Springsteen
Originally recorded in 1982 for the Nebraska Album, this solo version is a haunting ballad that is almost the
same as the rocking version [some lyrical differences] recorded for the Born In The U.S.A. album later that
year.
I had a jGob, I had a girl
I had something gDoing mister in this wGorld
GI got laid off down at the auto yard
Our love went bDad, times got haGrd
Now I wCork down at the carwash
Where aGll it does is rain
GSometimes you feel like you're a rider, baby,D on a downbound trGain
GShe just said "Joe I gotta go
We had it oDnce we ain't got it any Gmore"
GShe packed her bags left me behind
She bought a ticDket on the Central LGine
Nights as I Csleep, I still hear the whistle whining
I feel her soft kGiss in the misty morning rain
GSometimes don't you feel like you're a rider, babyD, on a downbound trGain
G / C / G / D / G
Hahhhhhh [repeat as chords go on]
GLast night I heard her voice
You were Dcrying, crying, you were so aGlone
GYou said your love had never died
And you were waDiting for me at hoGme
Well I put on my jCacket, I ran through the woods
I ran till I thoGught my chest would explode
GThere in the clearing, beyond the highway
GIn the mooDnlight, our wedding house sGhone
GI rushed through the yCard, I burst through the front door
And thenG up the stairs I climbed
GThe room was dark, our bed was empty
And then I Dheard that long whistle wGhine
And then I dDropped to my knees, hung my head and criGed
Well now I Cswing a sledge hammer on a railroad gang
Knocking down Gthem cross ties, working in the rain
Sometimes don't it feel like you're a rider, babyD, on a downbound trGain
[outro]
G / D / C / G /
C / G / C / G / C / G [repeat until end]
Hahhhhhh [this part is sung along with the above chords]
Hoooo hoo-hoo-hoo
Hahhh hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Hoooo hoo-hoo-hoo