It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry Cifras

Verse 1:
G        C        G        C
Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby
 
D     D7    G C G C G C G C
Can’t buy a thrill
 
G        C        G         C
Well, I’ve been up all night, baby
 
D              D7    G C G C G C G C
Leanin’ on the windowsill
 
G
Well, if I die
 
   C          D  D7  D
On top of the hill
 
G     C     G     C
And if I don’t make it
 
D           D7   G C G C G C G C
You know my baby will
 
 
Verse 2:
G        C        G        C
Don’t the moon look good, mama
 
D     D7    G C G C G C G C
Shinin’ through the trees?
 
G        C        G        C
Don’t the brakeman look good, mama
 
D     D7    G C G C G C G C
Flagging down the “Double E?”
 
G
Don’t the sun look good
 
   C          D  D7  D
Goin’ down over the sea?
 
G        C        G        C
Don’t my gal look fine
 
D     D7    G C G C G C G C
When she’s comin’ after me?
 
 
Verse 3:
G        C        G        C
Now the wintertime is coming
 
D     D7    G C G C G C G C
The windows are filled with frost
 
G        C        G        C
I went to tell everybody
 
D     D7    G C G C G C G C
But I could not get across
 
G
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
 
   C          D  D7  D
I don’t wanna be your boss
 
G        C        G        C
Don’t say I never warned you
 
D     D7    G C G C G C G C
When your train gets lost
 
Note: Play around with hammers D/Dsus2/Dsus4, and G to C, etc. Instead of straight strumming,
find a shuffle rhythm, get a slow roll going with fingers or a flat pick,
and let the chord notes bob up and down.
This is such an underestimated and underappreciated song.
I'm an old Literature student and teacher, so here's a question about the text:
Who do you think is the "speaker" of the final verse?
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