G              Am 
While riding on a train going west
           C              D 
I fell asleep for to take my rest.
                  D7           D             G 
I dreamed a dream that made me sad
                        Am          D           C          G 
Concerning myself and the first few friends I had.

         G              Am 
With half damp eyes I stared to the room
           C              D
Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon,
                  D7           D             G
Where we together weathered many a storm,
                        Am          D           C          G 
Laughing and singing 'till the early hours of the morn.

         G              Am 
By the old wooden stove where our hats were hung,
           C              D
Our words were told and our songs were sung;
                  D7           D             G
We longed for nothing and were satisfied
              Am          D           C          G 
Talking and joking about the world outside.

         G              Am 
With haunted hearts through the heat and cold,
           C              D
We never thought we could get very old
                  D7           D             G
We thought we could sit forever in fun
                    Am          D           C          G 
Though our chances really were a million to one.

         G              Am 
As easy it was to tell black from white,
           C              D
It was all that easy to tell wrong from right;
                  D7           D             G
Our choices were few and the thought never hit
                                      Am          D           C          G 
That the one road we traveled would ever shatter and split.

         G              Am 
Ah many a year has passed and gone,
           C              D
And many a gamble has been lost and won;
                  D7           D             G
And many a road taken by many a friend,
                Am          D           C          G 
And each one of them I've never seen again.

         G              Am 
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,
           C              D
That we could sit simply in that room once again;
                  D7           D             G
Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat,
                Am          D           C          G 
I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that.

         G              Am 
While riding on a train going west
           C              D 
I fell asleep for to take my rest.
                  D7           D             G 
I dreamed a dream that made me sad
                        Am          D           C          G 
Concerning myself and the first few friends I had