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Down There By The Train

Biography:

Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.

He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit 'n' sawdust bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation, novelists like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and poets like Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. Waits is often compared to Charles Bukowski, being similar both in content and lifestyle

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The other tabs seem to be using drop tuning. This one's in standard.

Barre chords in layman's terms:
Eb: A shape on 6th fret
Bb7: E7 shape on 6th fret
Ab: E shape on 4th fret
G: E shape on 3rd fret
Cm: Am shape on third fret

Intro: Bb7 Eb Ab Eb Bb7 Eb

Eb Ab Eb
There's a place I know where the train goes slow
Ab Bb7
Where the sinner can be washed in the blood of the lamb
Eb G Cm
There's a river by the trestle down by Sinner's Grove
Eb G Cm
Down where the willow and the dogwood grow

{chorus}

(Eb) Ab Eb
You can hear the whistle, you can hear the bell
Ab Bb7
From the halls of heaven to the gates of hell
Ab Eb G Cm
And there's room for the forsaken if you're there on time
Ab Eb G Cm
You'll be washed of all your sins and all of your crimes

|Ab Eb
|Down there by the train
|Bb
|Down there by the train
|Eb
|Down there by the train
|Ab
|Down there by the train
|Eb Bb Eb
|Down there where the train goes slow

There's a golden moon that shines up through the mist
And I know that your name can be on that list
There's no eye for an eye, there's no tooth for a tooth
I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth

He was...

{chorus}

If you've lost all your hope, if you've lost all your faith
I know you can be cared for and I know you can be safe
And all the shamefuls and all of the whores
And even the soldier who pierced the side of the Lord
Is...

{chorus}

Well, I've never asked forgiveness and I've never said a prayer
Never given of myself, never truly cared
I've left the ones who loved me and I'm still raising Cain
I've taken the low road and if you've done the same
Meet me...

{chorus (twice)}

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