Josh Ritter – Train Go By (Guitar)

Capo 5
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[Intro] C/G Am7 F G [Verse 1]
C/G
  Gonna go home, tell her I want her

Am7  
  Gonna make it   alright, gonna

F
  Do whatever it takes to save us

G
  But for now I'm waitin', waitin'

C/G
  Gonna be more open-hearted

Am7  
  Take it back   to where we started

F                                       G
  But for now   I'm stuck here at this light
I'm waiting on the train to go [Chorus]
C/G
Train go, train go, train go by

Am7  
Train go, train go, train go by

F                              
Train go, train go, train go by...

G                                         C/G  
    I'm just   waiting on the train to go by
[Post-chorus] Am7 F G [Verse 2]
C/G
  When we met it was the height of summer

Am7  
  Never thought that our days were numbered

F                                         G
  Never thought that we'd be here on this line

                             C/G
  But for now we're waiting, I'm
Gonna be the man that I once was
Am7  
  Was I ever    more than enough? Was

F                             G            
  I ever    really    up for this?
I'm waiting on the train to go [Chorus]
C/G
Train go, train go, train go by

Am7  
Train go, train go, train go by

F
Train go, train go, train go by

G                                         C/G  
    I'm just   waiting on the train to go by
[Bridge]
C/G                              Dm  
   Day after day   the cars roll by

                        F
I wanna talk to her but I

                         G
  Can't seem to get the words    quite right  and I know

C/G                               Dm  
  She needs to hear me set things straight

                                  F
  She needs me when it's way past late

                                G
  And I need to be there in the dark of night, but still I'm
[Break] C/G Am7 F G C/G Am7 F G [Verse 3]
C/G
  I've never been so empty handed

Am7  
  Nothin' turnin' out as I planned it

F
  She's disappointed, and I'm just mad, but

G
  For now we're waitin', waitin'

C/G
  Love is patient, love is kind

Am7  
  They told us in a   far off time, now

F
  I'm her's and she's still mine, still

G
  We're waitin', waitin' on the train to go
[Chorus]
C/G
Train go, train go, train go by

Am7  
Train go, train go, train go by

F
Train go, train go, train go by

G                                       C/G  
    I'm just   waiting on the train to go by
[Chorus]
C/G
Train go, train go, train go by

Am7  
Train go, train go, train go by

F
Train go, train go, train go by

G                                         C/G  
    I'm just   waiting on the train to go by
[Outro] Am7 F G C/G