Heartache Train
© Mike Murray and Elizabeth Murray, 2002
Words by Mike Murray
Melody by Elizabeth Murray and Mike Murray
C capo 2 (so really in D)
Here's the first verse and CHORUS with chords
The whole song, without chords, follows
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All aboard the heartache train
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Line up on your knees
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How many men have paid the fare
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To ride it just like me?
Board for free, pay when you leave
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The cost is pain and shame
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And the last stop's Lonesome City
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When you ride the Heartache Train
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HEARTACHE TRAIN, HEARTACHE TRAIN
F_______________C____Am
OFF TO HELL AND BACK AGAIN
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DON'T THINK I REMEMBER WHEN
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THE WINDOWS SAW THE SUN
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HEARTACHE TRAIN, HEARTACHE TRAIN
F______________C______Am
ALL THE LOSERS OF THE GAME
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GET OFF AND GET BACK ON AGAIN
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FOR ANOTHER MIDNIGHT RUN
All aboard the heartache train
Line up on your knees
How many men have paid the fare
To ride it just like me?
Board for free, pay when you leave
The cost is pain and shame
And the last stop's Lonesome City
When you ride the Heartache Train
HEARTACHE TRAIN, HEARTACHE TRAIN
OFF TO HELL AND BACK AGAIN
DON'T THINK I REMEMBER WHEN
THE WINDOWS SAW THE SUN
HEARTACHE TRAIN, HEARTACHE TRAIN
ALL THE LOSERS OF THE GAME
GET OFF AND GET BACK ON AGAIN
FOR ANOTHER MIDNIGHT RUN
Faces pressed against the glass
Windows streaked with tears
We picked some up a week ago
I been on this train for years
The station master looks like you
The conductor is her twin
Led me to a velvet seat
On the Pullman car called "Sin".
CHORUS
The Heartache Train moans through the night
On tracks that twist and bend
It bangs and shakes and you can't rest
And pray the ride will end
Get off at Lonesome City
Walk the streets alone
And come the fading twilite
Ride the the Heartache Train back home
CHORUS