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Long Train Runnin Chords by The Doobie Brothers

Long Train Runnin chords by The Doobie Brothers

Guitar chords with lyrics

Long Train Runnin? - Doobie Brothers (Tom Johnston, 1973)
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.

4/4 TIME @ 116 BPM (3 Min. 53 Sec.) in 'A#'.

Chords Used:
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              GUITAR               KEYS
         E  A  D  G  B  e     Bass|  Chord
        -------------------   ---------------
Dm7   -  x  x  10 10 10 10     D    A-C-D-F
Gm7   -  x  10 12 10 11 10     G    B-D-E-G
Gm7*  -  x  x  3  3  3  3      G    B-D-E-G
Cm7   -  x  3  5  3  4  3      C    G-A#-C-E
D#    -  11 13 13 12 11 11     D#   A#-D#-G
D     -  10 12 12 11 10 10     D    A-D-F#
D7    -  10 12 10 11 10 10     D    A-C-D-F#
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
INTRO: [12 M]
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 1  + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|Dm7 Gm7       Dm7|?  Gm7       Dm7|?  Gm7       Dm7|?  Gm7       Dm7|


|?   Gm7       Dm7|?  Gm7       Dm7|?  Gm7       Dm7|?               |

VERSE/CHORUS #1: [12 M]
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|Dm7 Gm7                   Dm7|?   Gm7                Dm7|
 Down a-round the cor-ner?     half a mile from here?

|?  Gm7                     Dm7    |?  Gm7                 Dm7     |
 see them long trains run,? and you watch ?em dis-ap-pear? With-out

|Gm7* Cm7   |Gm7* Cm7                     |Dm7 Gm7     Dm7|
 love?             where would you be now??

|? Gm7    Dm7     |D#         |D   D7  |Dm7 Gm7     Dm7|? Gm7     Dm7  |
          With-out love?                                            You

VERSE/CHORUS #2: [12 M]
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|Dm7 Gm7                Dm7|?   Gm7                   Dm7 |
 know I saw Miss Luc-y?     down a-long the tracks?    She

|?   Gm7                         Dm7    |
 lost her home and her fam-i-ly, and she

|?    Gm7               Dm7     |Gm7* Cm7    Gm7*|
 won't be com-in' back? With-out love,?

|Gm7* Cm7                        Dm7 |? Gm7     Dm7|
        where would you be right now??

|Dm7 Gm7    Dm7     |D#         |D   D7  |Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|?Gm7  Dm7       |
            With-out love?                                      Well, the

VERSE/CHORUS #3: [12 M]
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|Gm7                   Dm7    |Gm7                          Dm7   |
 Ill-i-no-is Central,? and the South-ern Cen-tral Freight?  got-ta

|Gm7                        Dm7      |
 keep on push-in', Ma-ma,? 'cause you

|Gm7                          Gm7*    |?    Cm7   |
 know they're run-nin' late?  With-out love?

|Gm7* Cm7                     |Dm7 Gm7               Dm7|
       where would you be now,?      now, now, now??

|Dm7 Gm7    Dm7     |D#         |D   D7  |Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|?Gm7  Dm7 |
            With-out love?

GUITAR SOLO #1: [12 M]
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|Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|  Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|


|Gm7* Cm7      |Gm7* Cm7      |Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|


|D#            |D      D7     |Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|? Gm7  Dm7       |
                                                      Well, the

VERSE/CHORUS #4: [12 M] Same as 'VERSE/CHORUS #3' with heavy staccato.
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|Gm7                   Dm7    |Gm7                          Dm7   |
 Ill-i-no-is Central,? and the South-ern Cen-tral Freight?  got-ta

|Gm7                        Dm7      |
 keep on push-in', Ma-ma,? 'cause you

|Gm7                          Gm7*    |
 know they're run-nin' late?  With-out

|Gm7* Cm7   |Gm7* Cm7                     |Dm7 Gm7               Dm7|
 love?             where would you be now,?      now, now, now??

|Dm7 Gm7    Dm7     |D#         |D   D7  |Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|?Gm7  Dm7    |
            With-out love?                                       Where

VERSE/CHORUS #5: [12 M]
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|Gm7                         Dm7    |Gm7                           Dm7    |
 pis-tons keep on turn-in',? and the wheels go 'round and 'round,? and the

|Gm7                               Dm7    |
 steel? rails? are cold and hard,? and the

|Gm7                       Gm7*    |Gm7* Cm7   |
 miles that they go down?  With-out love?

|Gm7* Cm7                     |Dm7 Gm7     Dm7|? Gm7    Dm7     |
       where would you be now??                         With-out

|D#          |D   D7?
 love,?                where would you be now??

GUITAR SOLO #2: [12 M]
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|Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|


|Gm7* Cm7      |Gm7* Cm7      |Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7     |
                                                         With-out

|D#            |D        D7               |Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|? Gm7  Dm7 |
 love,?            where would you be now??

CODA: [16.25 M]
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|Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|


|Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|
 ^Begin Ad-Lib Lyrics?

|Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|


|Dm7 Gm7    Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7      Dm7|? Gm7   Dm7       |
           ?End Ad-Lib Lyrics^                          With-out

|Gm7 ?!
 love?!


*** 'CODA' Ad-Lib Lyrics -

Mmmm? Got to get-cha ba-by? Ba-by won?t you move it down?


Won?t you move it down? Ba-by, ba-by, ba-by, ba-by?


Won?t you move it down? where the big trains run?


And the train ?a mov-in?? Got to keep on mov-in??


Keep on mov-in?? Won?t you keep on mov-in?? Got-ta keep on mov-in??

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