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| Em  G  D | Em      | Em  G  D | Em      | Em  G  D |

VERSE #1: [20 M]
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| Em                       | Em     G  D | Em                            |
   In the shuf-fl-ing mad-…  ness…     of the lo-co-mo-… tive breath,…

| Em  G  D | Em                       | Em   G  D | B                    |
…           runs the all-time… los-… er…       head-… long… to… his

| B            D   | Em                          | Em      G  D     |
 death…    Oh,… he feels… the pis-… ton… scrap-… ing,…    steam…

| Em                   | Em  G  D   | G                         |
 break-… on… his… brow…      Old… Char-… lie stole… the han-…

| A                      | B                 | B                  D    |
… dle,…   and the train,…  it won't…  stop… go-ing; no way to… slow…

| Em         | Em    G  D | Em      | Em  G  D |
 down…          Oh!…

VERSE #2: [20 M]
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| Em                           | Em       G  D | Em                     |
  He sees his chil-dren… jump-…  ing off…     at sta-tions,… one… by

| Em    G  D | Em                       | Em       G  D | B                     |
 one…        His wo-man and his… best… friend…       in bed and… hav-… ing

| B          D     | Em                          | Em    G  D |
 fun…    Oh,… he's crawl-… ing down… the cor-ri-dor…

| Em                       | Em  G  D   | G                         |
 on… his hands… and… knees…      Old… Char-… lie stole… the han-…

| A                      | B                 | B                  D    |
… dle,…   and the train,…  it won't…  stop… go-ing; no way to… slow…

| Em             | Em    G  D | Em      | Em  G  D |
 down…      Hey,…  hey…

INSTRUMENTAL: [20 M] 'Flute and/or Guitar Solo' -
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| Em      | Em  G  D | Em      | Em  G  D | Em      | Em  G  D | B       | B     D |


| Em      | Em  G  D | Em      | Em  G  D | G       | A       | B       | B     D |


| Em      | Em  G  D | Em      | Em  G  D |

VERSE #3: [16 M]
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| Em                           | Em     G  D | Em                        |
  He hears the si-lence… howl-…  ing,…     catch-es an-gels… as… they

| Em      G  D | Em                      | Em    G  D |
 fall,…         and the all-time… win-… ner…

| B                          | B       D   | Em                        |
  has got him… by… the balls…     Oh,… he picks… up Gid-… 'on's… Bi-…

| Em     G  D | Em                   | Em  G  D     | G                       |
…-ble,…      o-… pen at… page… one…     I thank… God…  he… stole the han-…

| A                      | B                 | B                  D    |
… dle,…   and the train,…  it won't…  stop… go-ing; no way to… slow…

CODA: [16 M] 'Refrain' -
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| Em         | Em       G   D    | Em         | Em       G   D    |
 down…        No way… to… slow… down…        No way… to… slow…

| Em         | Em       G   D    | Em         | Em       G   D    |
 down…        No way… to… slow… down…        No way… to… slow…

| Em         | Em       G   D    | Em         | Em       G   D    |
… down…       No way… to… slow… down…        No way… to… slow…

| Em         | Em      | Em      | Em      |
… down…


NOTE: Just hold the 'Em' to finish since the original fades out.