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Key: G
Intro:
G C
G C
G C
C G
Verse 1:
G D C
I woke up this morning and wanted to throw myself away
G D C
Tried to sell my soul but it turns out it just ain't worth much these days
G D C
The sun cut through the curtains and awoke me from a sleep
G D C
My dreams cut through the daytime and the sour through the sweet
Pre-Chorus 1:
G D C G
And the papers came and said today would be like every other day
G D C
And I just could not go back home this way
Chorus 1:
G D C
Now I'm sitting on a thrift store suitcase
G C
Not a nickel on my name
G D C
With holes in my heart and in both of my shoes
G C
Just waiting on a train
G D C G C
The old man over my shoulder says you'll have to find another way I fear
G D C
To run from all your blues boy
D G
There ain't no train that comes through here
Verse 2:
G D C
The old man looks like Jesus, says I get that all the time
G D C G
But if I were I'd leave the coast and throw away my cardboard sign
G D C
He said I looked like an old friend he'd lost somewhere down the line
G D C
And that if I were his friend and if he were the Lord he'd turn the ocean into wine
Pre-Chorus 2:
G D C
He said I had a family down in New Orleans that just lived beyond my means
G D C
I thought Iβd just go out and find my scene
Chorus 2:
G D C
Now I'm sitting on a thrift store suitcase
G C
Not a nickel on my name
G D C
With holes in my heart and in both of my shoes
D G
Just waiting on a train
G D C G C
You can watch the sun chase off the moon a million times I fear
G D C
Before you run from all your blues boy
D G
Ain't no train been through in years
Bridge:
C
Amazing grace, no matter just how sweet the sound may be
G D C
Might save a wretch but not the chronically unsatisfied like me
G D
When my suitcase washes up to shore
C G
You might find what I was looking for
G D
But I don't need it anymore
D
I don't need this anymore
Chorus 3:
G D C
I was sitting on a thrift store suitcase
G C
Not a nickel on my name
G D C
With holes in my heart and in both of my shoes
D G
Just waiting on a train
G D C
Old man says you oughta go back home boy
G C
Before we both catch our death out here
G D C D G
I know that'll be the day I catch the only train that comes through here
Outro:
C G G D C
He said go home. all these days turn in to years
G D C G D C
Listen to an old man who knows that you can't get back home from here
G D C
You can't get home from here
G D C
You can't get home from here
G D C
You can't get home from here
G
You can't get home from here
Song History
Published: November 19, 2025
Last Updated: November 19, 2025