Downbound Train Uke tab by Bruce Springsteen (Baritone Chords)

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

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

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

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

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