Verse 1: 
Am 
I've wept for those who suffer long 
But how I weep for those who've gone 
Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong 
                    Dsus4 
But keep on killing 
Verse 2: 
Am 
It's in the soul to feel such things 
But weak to watch without speaking 
Oh what mercy sadness brings 
                 Dsus4         Am 
If God be willing        (Riff 1) 
Chorus: 
Am/B       C 
There is a train that's heading straight 
C/B              Am        Am/B     C 
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate 
C/B            C 
And on the way, child and man 
C/B              Am    Am/B       D 
And woman wait, watch and wait 
                         Am 
For redemption day 
Verse 3: 
Am 
The fire rages in the streets 
And swallows everything it meets 
It's just an image often seen 
              Dsus4 
On television 
Verse 4: 
Am 
Come leaders, come you men of great 
Let us hear you pontificate 
Your many virtues laid to waste 
                       Dsus4        Riff 1 
And we aren't listening 
Verse 5: (Different) 
Am                Dsus4            C      Am 
What do you have for us today 
Am              Dsus4                 C        Am 
Throw us a bone but saw the plate 
Am              Dsus4          C        Am 
Oh why we waited til so late 
Am                                    Dsus4 
Was there no oil to excavate 
No riches in trade for the fate 
Of every person who died in hate 
                                    C         Am 
Throw us a bone, you men of great 
Chorus: 
Am/B       C 
There is a train that's heading straight 
C/B              Am   Am/B         C 
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate 
C/B            C 
And on the way, child and man 
C/B              Am    C              Dsus4 
And woman wait, watch and wait 
                         Am        Riff 1 
For redemption day 
Verse 6: 
Am            C                   Dsus4      Am 
It's buried in the countryside 
Am            C                     Dsus4 
Exploding in the shells of night 
Am 
It's everywhere a baby cries 
Dsus4      Am          Dsus4      Am 
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom 
Ends on Am