Westbound Train Cifras

The song is done through fingerpicking (at least at the start) but can be played through strumming.
 
 
[Verse]
 
G                 D    Em
The road was dark and long
        Am      G       D
and you heard a hopeful song
        G          D    Em            Am7        D7
playin' louder than any one you heard before.
      G     D7    Em
Oh, I know that song,
            Am       G     D
she used to sing to me all night long
             G                Em             Am7     D7
and when the music stopped by morning, I was gone.
Am7                       D7
Now those songs escape my ears,
Am7                        D7
but to you they're ringing clear
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         C                       D7
Oh, that westbound train already passed me by
      G                         C
and I know just why you'd wanna hitch a ride, oh
                  C        D7          G                     C
Other trains'll be comin' through and I'm-a-gonna catch one too,
        Am                 G
Yeah, we do what we have to do.
 
 
[Break]
 
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[Verse]
 
G           D  Em
And who'm I to say
         Am G          D
what you do along your way?
              G              D                   Am7      D7
You said yourself this is a game you know how to play.
          G         D7     Em
It ain't right, it ain't wrong.
               Am     G  D
But there's no sorrow in this song,
             G             Em                 Am7     D7
I knew it wouldn't be too long 'for she moved on.
Am7                  D7
And I've moved on too,
Am7                              D7
I ain't got nothin' but love for you.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         C                       D7
Oh, that westbound train already passed me by
      G                         C
and I know just why you'd wanna hitch a ride, oh
                          D7          G                     C
Other trains'll be comin' through and I'm-a-gonna catch one too,
        Am                 G
Yeah, we do what we have to do.
 
[Break]
 
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[Bridge]
 
            Am7                           D7
The Great Rearrangers changin' everything again
            Am7                               D7
Thought you stranger when I knew you way back when
       Am7                              D7
We are older now and there's no need to pretend
         Am7                                  D7
That anything we have in life means more than friends
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         C                       D7
Oh, that westbound train already passed me by
      G                         C
and I know just why you'd wanna hitch a ride, oh
                    D7                  G                     C
Other trains'll be comin' through and I'm-a-gonna catch one too,
        Am                 D7
Yeah, we do-oooo-oooo-oooo-ooo-ooo-oo
what we have to do.
 
[Outro]
 
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