Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 Well I broke down in East Saint Louis

 On the Kansas City line

 and I drunk up all my money

 that I borrowed every time

 and I fell down at the derby

 and now the night's black as a crow

 It was a train that took me away from here

 but a train can't bring me home

 What made my dreams so hollow

 I was standing there at the depot

 with a steeple full of swallows

 that could never ring the bell

 and I come ten thousand miles away

 with not one thing to show

 well it was a train that took me away from here

 but a train can't bring me home

Interlude

 I remember when I left

 without bothering to pack

 you know I up and left with

 nothin' but the clothes I had on my back

 now I'm sorry for what I've done

 and I'm out here on my own

 well it was a train that took me away from

 here but a train can't bring me home

 it must've been a train that took me away from here

 but a train can't bring me ... can't bring me home