[Verso 1]

C                          F 
I broke down in East Saint Louis 
C           F 
Kansas City line 
C               Am 
drunk up all my money 
       D7             G7 
that I borrowed every time 
      C                F 
and I fell down at the derby 
C                  F 
night's black as a crow 
         C     Am 
It was a train got me here 
   D7          G7      C     F  C  F 
no train gonna take me home 


[Verso 2]

C                      F 
What made my dreams so hollow 
C                F 
standing at that depot 
C               Am 
steeple full of blackbirds 
           D7             G7 
they could never ring the bell 
      C                F 
I've come ten thousand miles 
C                   F 
i've got nothing to show 
         C            Am 
it was a train got me here 
   D7           G7       C 
no train gonna get me home 

Interlude C F - C F7 - C Am - D7 G7 C 


[Verso 3]

C               F 
Remember when I left 
C               F 
I didn't even pack 
  C                     Am 
I just up and went with nothing 
         D7               G7 
but this dress here on my back 
     C             F 
I am sorry for the things I've done 
C              F 
out here on my own 
         C     Am 
it was a train got me here 
   D7          G7     C     F 
no train gonna get me home 
  C            Am 
a train got me here 
                     D7         G7           C 
there ain't no kinda train ever gonna get me home