Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Well I broke down in East Saint Louis

On the Kansas City line

and I drunk up all my money

that I borrowed every time

and I fell down at the derby

and now the night's black as a crow

It was a train that took me away from here

but a train can't bring me home

What made my dreams so hollow

I was standing there at the depot

with a steeple full of swallows

that could never ring the bell

and I come ten thousand miles away

with not one thing to show

well it was a train that took me away from here

but a train can't bring me home

Interlude

I remember when I left

without bothering to pack

you know I up and left with

nothin' but the clothes I had on my back

now I'm sorry for what I've done

and I'm out here on my own

well it was a train that took me away from

here but a train can't bring me home

it must've been a train that took me away from here

but a train can't bring me ... can't bring me home