Eliza Gilkyson – Runaway Train (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Dm                              F
everyone knew she was gonna be fast

G                               D
everyone said they could build her to last

             F
10,000 tons of hurtlin steel

G                         D
screamin round the curves nobody at the wheel

G                              F
everyone said don’t pay it any mind

          D
there’s a pot of gold waitin at the end of the line

     G                           F
just move with the eye of the hurricane

D                             G C G   D
you’ll never get off this run away... train
[Verse 2]
Dm                      F
nobody cared when they piled on board

G                                  D
and the doors snapped shut and the engines roared

D
they pushed to the front

     F
some fell to the back

G                               D
buyin and sellin every inch of the track

G
deep in the engines fire in the hole

D                              
dark skinned workers shovelin coal

G                 F
all singin their sad refrain

D                            G C G   D
we’ll never get off this run away... train
[Verse 3]
Dm                         F
up in the diner everybody decked

G                               D
out in their finery they can’t see the wreck

                                   F
that's comin up ahead with their bellies full of wine

G                    D
it’s the last thing going through their minds

G                                    F
so proud of the engine proud of the speed

D
call for the porter give them everything they need

G
stare through the glass feel no pain

D                                G C G   D
don’t even know they’re on a run away... train

    G C G   D
Run away... train....
[Verse 4]
Dm                    F             Gm
long after midnight a pitiful few sound the alarm

Dm
don’t know what else to do

D                          F
bangin on the doors of the cabin and crew

             G               D
hey we gotta slow down or we won’t make it through

G                           F
sleepy riders don’t want to wake

     Dm                       D
or suffer the shock when they put on the brake

G                                        F
don’t want to question , don’t want to complain

D                             G C G   D
rather keep ridin on this run away... train

    G C G   D
run away... train