The train (video)

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1. The train is comin' down the track, it's bringin' my baby back,

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she been gone so long, but now the train is bringin' her home, oh.

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Train, hurry up, bring my baby back,

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hallelujah, look, it's comin' on down the track !

Am

Train, hurry up, bring my baby back,

F

hallelujah, look, it's comin' on down the track !

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2. There's people all around I know they can hear my heart pounding,

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it's like a clickity-clack,

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my heart is keeping rhythm with the train on the track, oh.

+ CHORUS

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+ I remember the love she gave me,

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she remembers the love I gave her, too.

And here she comes and it's drivin' me crazy 'cause

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we'll do all the things that we used to do, oh, ho.

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(orig. moves up a full note to capo 2nd here)

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3. The train is pulling in, I’m gonna be with my girl again,

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the huffing, puffing of the train

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as she pulls me through the station, “Never leave me again!”

Am

Train, hurry up, bring my baby back,

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hallelujah, look, it's comin' on down the track !

Am

Train, hurry up, bring my baby back,

F

hallelujah, look, it's comin' on down the track !

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 3rd here)

+ CHORUS(2x) ...

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