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 chordGm              Bb chordBb
I had a job, I had a girl
F chordF
I had something going mister in this world
Gm chordGm Bb chordBb
I got laid off down at the lumber yard
F chordF
Our love went bad, times got hard
Eb chordEb F chordF
Now I work down at the carwash
Gm chordGm
Where all it ever does is rain
Eb chordEb F chordF Gm chordGm Eb chordEb F chordF
Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train

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

| Eb7 chordEb7 | F chordF | F chordF | Gm chordGm | Eb chordEb | F chordF | Gm chordGm | F chordF |

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

Eb chordEb F chordF
Now I swing a sledge hammer on a railroad gang
Gm chordGm
Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
Eb chordEb F chordF Gm chordGm Eb chordEb F chordF
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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