[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C
Smoke stacks, signs, departure times
Em
I've got a suitcase full of clothes
F
I'd best be heading on down the railroad line
C G
And it'd be best if you didn't know
C
Well I tried to make you love me
Em
Now I'll try to let you go
F
But when the train pulls through the station
C G
And that whistle starts to blow
[Chorus 1]
F
Well I can't help but remember
C
That one story that you told
F
Bout how you rearranged the furniture
C G
When you were just a few years old
F
And I know this time there's no good reason
C Am
Left for me to stay
C F
But if these trains are meant for leavin'
C G C
Why am I standing at the gate?
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[Verse 2]
C
Maybe it's my fault for forgetting
Em
Who I was when I was mine
F
I've come to realize this one thing
C G
You couldn't fix what I couldn't find
C
So when they ask me where I'm goin'
Em
And I tell them I don't know
F
By the time that train is slowin down
C G
And the whistle starts to blow
[Chorus 2]
F
Well I can't help but remember
C
That one snowy afternoon
F
When we were talking 'bout the future
C G
And all the things we were gonna do
F
And I know this time there's no good reason
C Am
Left for me to stay
C F
But if these trains are second chances
C G C
Why'd I watch mine roll away
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[Verse 3]
C
Well the sun has come and gone now
Em
That's how it goes, I understand
F
When I reach into my pocket
C G
To hold your picture in my hand
C
It's a quiet consolation
Em
A mistake that I don't mind
F
Maybe you'll meet me at the station
C G
Or maybe somewhere down the line
[Chorus 3]
F
And I can't help but remember
C
When you asked me for your song
F
And I laughed but I didn't tell you
C G
That they were all yours all along
F
And I know this time there's no good reason
C Am
Left for me to stay
C F
But if these trains are starting over
C G C
Why won't mine just roll away
C F
Yeah if these trains are starting over
C G C
Why won't mine just roll away