Bruce Springsteen Ebmaj7 (x x 1 3 3 3) Intro x2: e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----3-------------3----1-3-1----10--10-10------10-10-10-11-10-8-10--| G|----3-------------3--3-------3--10--10-10------10-10-10-10-10-8-10--| D|----5-------------3--3----------10--10-10------10-10-10-------------| A|----5--------1-1--1--------------8-----------8----------------------| E|-3--3--3-1-3--------------------------------------------------------| Gm Bb F I had a job, I had a girl I had something going mister in this world Gm Bb F I got laid off down at the lumber yard Our love went bad, times got hard Ebmaj7 F F Gm Now I work down at the carwash Where all it ever does is rain Eb F Gm F Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train Gm Bb F She just said "Joe I gotta go We had it once we ain't got it any more" Gm Bb F She packed her bags left me behind She bought a ticket on the Central Line Ebmaj7 F F Gm Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining I feel her kiss in the misty rain Eb F Gm F And I feel like I'm a rider on a downbound train | Eb | F | F | Gm | Eb | F | Gm | F | Gm Bb F Last night I heard your voice You?re crying, crying you were so alone Gm Bb F You said your love had never died You were waiting for me at home Gm Bb F Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods I ran till I thought my chest Gm Bb would explode There in the clearing, beyond the highway F Gm In the moonlight, our wedding house shone I rushed through the yard, Bb F I burst through the front door My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed Gm Bb F The room was dark, our bed was empty Then I heard that long whistle whine Eb Bb And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried Eb F Now I swing a sledge hammer on a railroad gang Gm Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain Eb F Gm F Now don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train Gm Bb F F (with intro)