Key: G
G
Am
While riding on a train going west
C
D
I fell asleep for to take my rest.
D7
D
G
I dreamed a dream that made me sad
Am
D
C
G
Concerning myself and the first few friends I had.
G
Am
With half damp eyes I stared to the room
C
D
Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon,
D7
D
G
Where we together weathered many a storm,
Am
D
C
G
Laughing and singing 'till the early hours of the morn.
G
Am
By the old wooden stove where our hats were hung,
C
D
Our words were told and our songs were sung;
D7
D
G
We longed for nothing and were satisfied
Am
D
C
G
Talking and joking about the world outside.
G
Am
With haunted hearts through the heat and cold,
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D
We never thought we could get very old
D7
D
G
We thought we could sit forever in fun
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D
C
G
Though our chances really were a million to one.
G
Am
As easy it was to tell black from white,
C
D
It was all that easy to tell wrong from right;
D7
D
G
Our choices were few and the thought never hit
Am
D
C
G
That the one road we traveled would ever shatter and split.
G
Am
Ah many a year has passed and gone,
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D
And many a gamble has been lost and won;
D7
D
G
And many a road taken by many a friend,
Am
D
C
G
And each one of them I've never seen again.
G
Am
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,
C
D
That we could sit simply in that room once again;
D7
D
G
Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat,
Am
D
C
G
I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that.
G
Am
While riding on a train going west
C
D
I fell asleep for to take my rest.
D7
D
G
I dreamed a dream that made me sad
Am
D
C
G
Concerning myself and the first few friends I had