Downbound Train Uke tab by Bruce Springsteen

5 Chords used in the song: Gm, Bb, F, Eb, Eb7

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Year:  1984
Difficulty: 
4.9
(Intermediate)
Key: Bb, GmChords
Gm Gm              Bb Bb
I had a job, I had a girl
F F
I had something going mister in this world
Gm Gm Bb Bb
I got laid off down at the lumber yard
F F
Our love went bad, times got hard
Eb Eb F F
Now I work down at the carwash
Gm Gm
Where all it ever does is rain
Eb Eb F F Gm Gm Eb Eb F F
Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train

Gm Gm Bb Bb
She just said "Joe I gotta go
F F
We had it once we ain't got it any more"
Gm Gm Bb Bb
She packed her bags left me behind
F F
She bought a ticket on the Central Line
Eb Eb F F
Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
Gm Gm
I feel her kiss in the misty rain
Eb Eb F F Gm Gm Eb Eb F F
And I feel like I'm a rider on a downbound train

| Eb7 Eb7 | F F | F F | Gm Gm | Eb Eb | F F | Gm Gm | F F |

Gm Gm Bb Bb
Last night I heard your voice
F F
You were crying you were so alone
Gm Gm Bb Bb
You said your love had never died
F F
You were waiting for me at home
Gm Gm Bb Bb
Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
F F
I ran till I thought my chest would explode
Gm Gm Bb Bb
There in the clearing, beyond the highway
F F
In the moonlight, our wedding house shone
Gm Gm Bb Bb
I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door
F F
My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed
Gm Gm Bb Bb
The room was dark, our bed was empty
F F
Then I heard that long whistle whine
Eb Eb Bb Bb
And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried

Eb Eb F F
Now I swing a sledge hammer on a railroad gang
Gm Gm
Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
Eb Eb F F Gm Gm Eb Eb F F
Now don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train

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About this song: Downbound Train

"Downbound Train" is a song that appears on the 1984 Bruce Springsteen album Born in the U.S.A.. The song is a lament to a lost spouse, and takes on a melancholy tone. The song was recorded in March or April of 1982 at the Power Station in one of the first sessions for the Born in the U.S.A. album. Like several other Born in the U.S.A. songs, including "Working on the Highway" and the title track, a solo acoustic version of "Downbound Train" was originally recorded on the demo that eventually became the Nebraska album.

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