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Midnight Train Chords by The Washboard Union

Midnight Train chords by The Washboard Union

Guitar chords with lyrics

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.
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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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