A Train Not Running
By Chris Knight
Written By Chris Knight/Stacy Dean Campbell
Capo 1
G
The sound of a train not running
Em G
Has been keeping me awake
G
The Westmoreland mine ain't run much coal
Em Cadd9
Since back in '88
G
Got on at the sawmill
Em G
But I've got to find a better way
D
Or the sound of a train not running
Cadd9 G
Is gonna carry me away
Chorus:
Em
And every time you look at me, Mary
C G
I want to tell you someday
D
We'll leave the sound of a train not running
Cadd9 G
A thousand miles away
G
I don't want to risk my freedom
Em G
Growing crops on company land
G
But it'd be a damned sight better
Em Cadd9
Than a government check in my hand
I used to bring home good money
You used to drive a decent car
But now we go to town on Saturday
It seems a little too far
Chorus
G
Now some nights when our baby cries
Em G
I feel a twinge of fear
D
When the sound of a train not running
Cadd9 G
Is the only thing I hear
Chorus
