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Just Like This Train

Joni Mitchell
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
:  000-10-99
:  000-11-10-10
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 I’m al-ways  running behind the time
 Just like this  train
 Shaking into town
 With the brakes com-plai-ning
 I used to count lovers like railroad  cars
 I counted them on my side
Late-ly  I don’t count on noth-ing
 I just let things  slide
 The station mas-ter’s  shuffling cards
 Box cars are bang-ing  in the yards
 Jealous lovin’ll make you crazy
 If you can’t find your goodness
 ‘Cause you lost your heart
 –  –  –  –  -  –
 –  –  -
 I went look-ing  for a cause
 Or a strong cat without claws
 Or  any reason to re-  -sume
 And I  found this empty seat
 In this crowded waiting  room
Ev-erybody  waiting
 Old man sleeping on his  bags
 Women with that teased-up kind of hair
Kids  with the jitters in their  legs
 And those wide,  wide open stares
 And the kids got Cokes  and chocolate bars
 There’s a thin man smo-king  a fat cigar
 Jealous lovin’ll make you crazy
 If you can’t find your goodness
 ‘Cause you lost your heart
 What are you gonna do now?
 You’ve got no one to give your love to
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 –  –  –
 Well, I’ve  got this berth
 And this roll-down blind
 I’ve got this fold-up sink
 And these rocks  and cactuses go-ing  by
 And a bottle  of German wine to drink
 Settle down into the clickety-clack
 With the clouds and the stars to read
Dream-ing  of the pleasure I’m gon-na  have
 Watching your hair-line  recede
 My vain darling
 Watching your hair  and clouds and stars
 I’m rocking away  in a sleeping car
 This jealous lov-ing’s  bound to make me cra-zy
 I can’t find my good-ness,  I lost my heart
 Oh, sour grapes,  because I lost my heart
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Readable chord sheet for Just Like This Train by Joni Mitchell

[C#]: 000-10-99
[D]: 000-11-10-10

[C]
[A] – [Bb] – [B] – [C] – [C#] - [D] – [C]
[A] – [Bb] – [B] – [C]

I’m [C]al-ways running behind the time  [D/C]
Just like this[G7sus4]      train  [C]
[F7]   Shaking into town
[Am]   With the brakes com-plai[C]-ning   [G]

[D/C]    I used to count lovers like railroad [C] cars
I counted them on my side
[F7]Late-ly I don’t count on [Am7]noth-ing
I just let things[C] slide

The station [G]mas-ter’s shuffling card[F/G]s
Box cars are [G]bang-ing in the yards

Jealous lovin’ll make you crazy
If you can’t find your goodness
[F7]  ‘Cause you lost your hea[D9]rt   [Gm9]         [C]

[A] – [Bb] – [B] – [C] – [C#] - [D] – [C]
[A] – [Bb] – [B] - [C]

I went [C]look-ing for a cause
Or a strong cat without claws
Or[D/C]   any reason to re[G7sus4]-    -sume
And [C]I [F7]  found this empty seat
[Am]  In this crowded waiting[C] room
[G]Ev-erybody waiting

[D/C]    Old man sleeping on his [C] bags
Women with that teased-up kind of hair
[F7]Kids with the jitters in [Am]their legs
And those wide,[C] wide open stares
And the kids got [G]Cokes and chocolate bar[F/G]s
There’s a thin man [G]smo-king a fat cigar

Jealous lovin’ll make you crazy
If you can’t find your goodness
[F7]  ‘Cause you lost your hea[D9]rt

[Gm7]    What are you gonna do now?
You’ve got no one to give your love to[C]

[A] – [Bb] – [B] – [C] – [C#] - [D] – [C]
[A] – [Bb] – [B] – [C]
Well, [C]I’ve got this berth
And this roll-down blind
[D/C]   I’ve got this fold-up [G7sus4]sink
And [C]these [F7]rocks and cactuses go-[Am]ing by
And a [C]bottle of German wine to drink  [G]

[D/C]    Settle down into the clickety-[C]clack
With the clouds and the stars to read
[F7]Dream-ing of the pleasure I’m [Am]gon-na have
Watching your [C]hair-line recede
My vain darling

Watching your [G]hair and clouds and star[G13]s
I’m rocking away[G] in a sleeping ca[G13]r
This jealous lov[G]-ing’s bound to make me cra-[G13]zy
I can’t find my [F7]good-ness, I lost my hea[D9]rt
Oh, sour grap[Gm7]es, because I lost my hea[C]rt

[A] – [Bb] – [B] – [C] – [C#] - [D] – [C]
[A] – [Bb] – [B] – [C] – [C#] - [D] – [C]
[A] – [Bb] – [B] – [C] – [C#]

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