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New Train

John Prine
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Full  blown silence in an empty  room
 A  former bride and a former groom
 A  folding table and a folding chair
 A  folded hand of poker there
 All  new directions must go everywhere
 Big  round people in a cool little square
 You  can't cut it with a boat or a plane
 Man  it's  gonna take a new train
 You'll be leaving on a new train
 Far away from this world of pain
 And when you look out your window you'll see
 Your home, your baby, and your family
 No melted ice cubes in a paper cup
 Hell, you'll be happy, you'll be all shook up
 The friends that greet you will be simple and plain
 When you step down from that new train
 Collected volumes of history say
 Man makes mistakes most every day
 The half a pound of chopped ground round
 Is still a burger when it goes downtown
 No faded photographs of yesterdays
 Are in the books that I read these days
 To fly away from that memory town
 You must keep both your feet on the ground
  Repeat II
 I'll be leaving on a new train
 Far away from this world of pain
 The friends that greet me will be simple and plain
 When I step down from that new train
 New train new train

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Readable chord sheet for New Train by John Prine

F[A]ull blown silence in an em[D]pty room

A[A] former bride and a former groom

A[E] folding table and a folding chair

A[A] folded hand of poker there

A[D]ll new directions must go everywhere

B[A]ig round people in a cool little square

Y[E]ou can't cut it with a boat or a plane

M[D]an it'[A]s gonna take a new train

You'll be leaving on a new train
Far away from this world of pain
And when you look out your window you'll see
Your home, your baby, and your family
No melted ice cubes in a paper cup
Hell, you'll be happy, you'll be all shook up
The friends that greet you will be simple and plain
When you step down from that new train

Collected volumes of history say
Man makes mistakes most every day
The half a pound of chopped ground round
Is still a burger when it goes downtown
No faded photographs of yesterdays
Are in the books that I read these days
To fly away from that memory town
You must keep both your feet on the ground

                      Repeat II

I'll be leaving on a new train
Far away from this world of pain
The friends that greet me will be simple and plain
When I step down from that new train
New train new train

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