(Gm  Bb  F)

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


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

(Gm  Bb  F)

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

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

(Gm  Bb  F)