[Introduction]
C
[Verse 1]
C G Am
People expect you to fall
F
Hit that same old wall
C G C F
Really, they don't wanna help at all
C G Am
They talk behind your back today
F C
Shake their heads and say
G Am F
"Well, I always knew that the girl would come to no good, anyway"
[Chorus]
C G Am
I'd better pack it up and go, Detroit or Buffalo
C G Am F
If anybody want to know where, you don't know, he don't know
C G Am F
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
C G Am F
And I'm taking this train to the end of the line,
C G C G
Missing every mile that friend of mine
[Verse 2]
C G Am
I haven't been too well myself
F C
Lot of time on the shelf
G Am F C
Saying that I don't need help, when I do, yes I do
G Am
But I'm gonna be just fine
F/A C
A lot of friends, a little wine
G Am F
Still I wish I could see you again some -time
[Chorus]
C G Am
I'd better pack it up and go, Detroit or Buffalo
C G Am F
If anybody wants to know where, I don't know, I don't know
C G Am F
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
C G Am F
And I'm taking this train to the end of the line,
C G C G
Missing every mile that friend of mine
[Instrumental]
Am F G
[Verse 3]
C G Am
It's hard to open up the door
F C
Like you've done so many times before
G Am F C
Sometimes you think you just can't do it anymore
G Am
Take a chance and take a train
C
Out into the pouring rain
G Am F
When all you've got there is your suitcase, suitcase full of pain
[Chorus]
C G Am
I'd better pack it up and go, Detroit or Buffalo
C G Am F
If anybody wants to know where, I don't know, I don't know
C G Am F
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
C G Am F/A
And I'm taking this train to the end of the line,
C G C
Missing every mile that friend of mine