Key: C
Introduction:
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And then that lonesome cowboy, looked up at the stars in the sky,
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"I will leave my land and my horses, on that midnight train I will ride,
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To the city, far across the plains,
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To that city, on that midnight train, here it comes,
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Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
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Choo choo choobeduwee,
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Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
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On that midnight train"
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And then that lonesome cowboy, stepped into a bar,
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A pretty girl slid over nice and easy, "boy your money won't go far."
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She took him outside to an alley, he got dragged into a fight,
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And a bullet sent him dying, and he cursed that moonless night,
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In that city, far across the plains,
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In that city, he could hear that midnight train, down the line,
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Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
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Choo choo choobeduwee,
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Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
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He could hear that midnight train
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And now that lonesome cowboy is lain beneath the clay,
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His horses they're still waiting, for he is gone away,
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Now if you think the grass is greener on the far side of the hill
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All you cowboys, take it easy, there's no grass there at all,
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In that city, far across the plains,
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In that city, you'd better miss that midnight train, here it comes
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Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
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Choo choo choobeduwee,
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Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
F C
You'd better miss that midnight train
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Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
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Choo choo choobeduwee,
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Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
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That train is coming for you...