Key: C
Introduction: C F C G F C F C G F G
C F C
Well, you can wait by the railroad track
G F
Won't be no trains coming down, nowhere
C F C
You can wait, but they won't be back
G F C
Won't be no trains coming down, nowhere
F C
Well, they took apart that band of steel
F G
Down in the wreckers yard
F C
And they left me standing here dragging my heels
F G
Times get tough and times get hard
C F C
Well, you can wait by the railroad track
G F
Won't be no trains coming down, nowhere
C F C
You can wait, but they won't be back
G F C
Won't be no trains coming down, nowhere
F C
And you won't see the lights in the passenger cars
F G
Or pictures in the window frames
F C
And you won't hear them shouting out, "All aboard!"
F G
"Last call for the St. John's train"
C F C
Well, you can wait by the railroad track
G F
Won't be no trains coming down, nowhere
C F C
You can wait, but they won't be back
G F
Won't be no trains coming down, nowhere
C
And you won't hear a whistle on a Winter's night
F G
Echoing 'round that hill
F C
But all I know is I'd feel alright
F G
If I heard them echoing (echoing, echoing) still
C F C
You can wait by the railroad track
G F C F
Won't be no trains coming down, nowhere
C F C
You can wait, but they won't be back
G
Won't be no trains coming down
C F C
You can wait by the railroad track
G F C F
Won't be no trains coming down, nowhere
C F C
You can wait, but they won't be back
Won't be no trains coming down, nowhere