Intro 

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[Verso 1]


G                 D                          C 
Mama said, "Son,are you ever gonna stop your runnin'? 
G                                D 
That sweet Julie Baker'd be a good homemaker 
  C 
and she's always had eyes for you." 
  Em                          D 
I said, "Mama, I know she's a good girl, 
C                          A        G 
but our dreams are not the same." 
G       D           C 
Right track, wrong train. 

G D C Em 

G                                 D               C      C 
I've plowed these fields in the hot sun on the tractor, 
G                       D 
been covered in grease from my head to my feet, 
C                   C 
turn in' wrenches and pumpin' gas. 
Em                   D 
I can't seem to find my direction. 
C                          A 
This town's like a ball and chain. 
G        D         G 
Right track, wrong train. 


[Refrão]


C                         D             G 
I can hear that lonesome whistle blow somewhere in the night. 
C                        D             G 
I've got to ride that big iron horse past the city limits sign. 
C                       D       Em    C       G 
I've gone as far as I can go, there's no one to blame. 
G         D        G 
Right track, wrong train. 


Em                        D 
When you're torn between a home and a dream, 
C                     G 
decisions are hard to make. 
Em                     D 
When you can't be what everyone wants you to be, 
F                           D 
there's chances that you've got to take. 
C                        D             G 
I can hear that lonesome whistle blow somewhere in the night. 
C                      D             G 
I've got to ride that big iron horse past the city limits sign. 
C                      D     Em      C       G 
I've gone as far as I can go,there's no one to blame. 
G       D          C       G      D          G 
Right track, wrong train , Right track, wrong train. 
G                 D                          C 
Mama said, "Son, are you ever gonna stop your runnin'?"