Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro-Chorus: (+/- 00:30, ATTENTION, with a capella = No Chords) A A D A And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin', A A E E I'll be going away to stay. A A D A I always wanted to know where that engine did go, A E A A gonna go where it goes today. Verse 1: A A D A I have been all around my old home town, A A E E I've searched everywhere I know. A A D A But I can't find a trace of my girl in this place, A E A A so, there's nothing to do but go.
Chorus: A A D A And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin', A A E E I'll be going away to stay. A A D A I always wanted to know where that engine did go, A E A A gonna go where it goes today. Verse 2: A A D A Oh, she said she'd be true till the fighting was through, A A E E that she'd wait for me till the end. A A D A But as she's proven untrue and our sweet love is through, A E A A now I'm catching that train again. Chorus: A A D A And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin', A A E E I'll be going away to stay. A A D A I always wanted to know where that engine did go, A E A A gonna go where it goes today. Interlude: A | A | D | A | A | A | E | E | A | A | D | A | A | E | A | A || Verse 3: A A D A When she hears that old song, will she know that she's wrong A A E E when I'm leaving my old hometown. A A D A She said that she'd wait just to be my sweet maid, A E A A laid my heart to the ground. Chorus: A A D A And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin', A A E E I'll be going away to stay. A A D A I always wanted to know where that engine did go, A E A A gonna go where it goes today. Interlude: A | A | D | A | A | A | E | E | A | A | D | A | A | E | A | A || Verse 4: A A D A I've seen that old train pulling out in the rain, A A E E I've seen her with the stars up above. A A D A Like a hound on the trail, hell it carries the mail, A E A A to take me away from my love. Chorus: A A D A And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin', A A E E I'll be going away to stay. A A D A I always wanted to know where that engine did go, A E A A gonna go where it goes today. End-Chorus: A A D A And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin', A A E E I'll be going away to stay. A A D A I always wanted to know where that engine did go, A E A A gonna go where it goes today, A E A E A I'm gonna go where it goes today.
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