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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