Downbound Train chords by Bruce Springsteen

Downbound Train chords
Bruce Springsteen


Capo III


Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D 2x

    Em      G
I had a job, I had a girl
        D
I had something going mister in this world
      Em           G
I got laid off down at the lumber yard
       D
Our love went bad, times got hard
   Cmaj7      D
Now I work down at the carwash
             Em
Where all it ever does is rain
     C         D     Em     D
Don’t you feel like you’re a rider on a down bound train


       Em     G
She just said Joe I gotta go
     D
We had it once we ain’t got it any more
        Em       G
She packed her bags left me behind
       D
She bought a ticket on the central line
      Cmaj7           D
Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
               Em
I feel her kiss in the misty rain
   C        D     Em     D
And I feel like I’m a rider on a down bound train


Em G D 2x


   Em         G
Last night I heard your voice
         D
You were crying, crying, you were so alone
       Em       G
You said your love had never died
     D
You were waiting for me at home
     Em            G
Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
       D
I ran till I thought my chest would explode
     Em            G
There in the clearing, beyond the highway
    D
In the moonlight, our wedding house shone
           Em            G
I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door
         D
My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed
       Em        G
The room was dark, our bed was empty
    D
Then I heard that long whistle whine
   Cmaj7                 G
And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried


   C             D
Now I swing a sledge hammer on a road gang
                       Em
Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
       C         D     Em     D
Now don’t it feel like you’re a rider on a down bound train


Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D 5x


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