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[Verse 1]
D                           D
Black smoke a-risin' and it surely is a train,
D                        G*          D*
surely is a train, Lord, surely is a train.
D                           D
Black smoke a-risin' and it surely is a train
        D*    A*           D           D         D
and I'm on my long journey home.

[Verse 2]
D                       D
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill,
D                      G*         D*
two dollar bill, Lord, two dollar bill.
D                       D
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
        D*    A*           D           D         D
and I'm on my long journey   home.

[Verse 3]
D                         D
Cloudy in the west and it looks like the rain,
D                      G*         D*
looks like rain, Lord, looks like rain.
D                          D
Cloudy in the west and it looks like the rain
        D*    A*           D           D
and I'm on my long journey home.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
D                        D
Dark and a-rainin' and I wanna go home,
D                    G*       D*
wanna go home, Lord, wanna go home.
D                        D
Dark and a-rainin' and I wanna go home
        D*    A*           D           D         D
and I'm on my long journey home.

[Verse 5]
D                             D
Homesick and lonesome and I'm feelin' kinda blue,
D                         G*            D*
feelin' kinda blue, Lord, feelin' kinda blue.
D                             D
Homesick and lonesome and I'm feelin' kinda blue
        D*    A*           D           D         D
and I'm on my long journey home.

[Verse 1] (Reprise)
D                           D
Black smoke a-risin' and it surely is a train,
D                        G*          D*
surely is a train, Lord, surely is a train.
D                           D
Black smoke a-risin' and it surely is a train
        D*    A*           D
and I'm on my long journеy home
        D*    A*           D
and I'm on my long journey home.