Intro: A 



[Verso 1]
 
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Big black train coming down the track 
A 
Blow your whistle long and long 
                  D  Dmaj7 
One minute you're here 
                   A 
Next minute you're gone 



[Verso 2]

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I lay my penny down on the rails 
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As the summer wind sings its last song 
                  D  Dmaj7 
One minute you're here 
                   A 
Next minute you're gone 
E                  A 
Baby baby baby I'm so alone 
E                  A 
Baby baby baby I'm coming home 



[Verso 3]
 
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Autumn carnival on the edge of town 
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We walk down the midway arm-in-arm 
                  D  Dmaj7 
One minute you're here 
                   A 
Next minute you're gone 



[Verso 4]
 
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I thought I knew just who I was 
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And what I'd do but I was wrong 
                  D  Dmaj7 
One minute you're here 
                   A 
Next minute you're gone 



[Ponte]
 
D                           Asus2 
Red river running along the edge of town 
D                           Asus2 
On the muddy banks I lay my body down 
     D 
This body down 


Outro 

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Footsteps crackling on a gravel road 
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Stars vanish in a sky as black as stone 
                  D  Dmaj7 
One minute you're here 
                   A 
Next minute you're gone 
                  D  Dmaj7 
One minute you're here 
                   A 
Next minute you're gone 
                  D  Dmaj7 
One minute you're here