D   D   D   D

[Verse]
D
It's the last train before they shut it down
D
It's the last line goin' that way
D
Last chance headin' out of town
D
I thought I heard the driver say

D
Packed my bags and all my things and
D
Left them all behind
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Red light flashin' cross that river bridge and I'm
D
Headin' down to Caroline

D   D

D
Far away from my everyday
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'Till every day ran dry
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Never stopped to look behind me
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Or turn to say goodbye

[Chorus]
D           G      D         G                 D
So tell the ones I love this train's a runnin' late
      G        D          A
There ain't no end of the line
    G               D         G         D
The hardest part of heaven is makin' it wait
    G          D             A       A7   D
The old ninety-seven's gonna make it this time

D   D

Bm
  Everything was made to break and 
Bm
The wheels are made of glass
Bm
I can hear them groan and 
Bm                                     A       D
Feel them shakin' 'neath the weight of all our past

D           G      D         G                 D
So tell the ones I love this train's a runnin' late
      G        D          A
There ain't no end of the line
    G               D         G         D
The hardest part of heaven is makin' it wait
    G          D             A       A7   D
The old ninety-seven's gonna make it this time

D   D

[Verse]
D
Close my eyes and feel the wind
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Lean back and let it roll
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And when that ninety-seven hits a hundred and ten
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You can feel it in your soul

Bm   D
Oooh
Bm   D
Oooh
Bm   D
Oooh
Bm   D
Oooh

[Solo]
D (first half)
Bm (second half)
D

D
It's the last train before they shut it down
D
It's the last line goin' that way
D
Last chance headin' out of town
D
I thought I heard the driver say

[Chorus]
D           G      D         G                 D
So tell the ones I love this train's a runnin' late
      G        D          A
There ain't no end of the line
    G               D         G         D
The hardest part of heaven is makin' it wait
    G          D             A
The old ninety-seven's gonna make it

            G      D         G                 D
So tell the ones I love this train's a runnin' late
      G        D          A
There ain't no end of the line
    G               D         G         D
The hardest part of heaven is makin' it wait
    G               D         G         D
The hardest part of heaven is makin' it wait    
    G               D         G         D
The hardest part of heaven is makin' it wait
G          D             A       A7   D
The old ninety-seven's gonna make it this time