Hard Time Train
Written by Zack Kibodeaux
Recorded by Blue Water Highway Band
(Capo on 2)
Intro.: |(D) |(D) |(G) |(G) | x 2
This (D)Hays County morning is (G)glowing like a Carolina (D)rose (G)
And it’s (D)warming all the station trains and (G)cars, but I’m as cold as any (D)stone (G)
‘Cause I’m so afraid of life that I am dying this early in my career
I guess (D)all that I’ve been fearing is that (G)mirror man a-steering
with the (D)smile of a drunken en-(G)-gineer (Bm)(A)(G)
So halle-(A)lujah for the moments I am (G)rolling on these rails (D) of pain (G)
And it's (A)all that I can do and it keeps me (G)running back to you
On a (Bm)hard (A)(G) time (D)train
Solo: / / / |(D) |(G) |(G) |(D) |(D) |(G) |(G)
Well, I can (D)hear the lonesome five-note whistle (G)whine as I climb inside the (D)car (G)
And the (D)rhythm of the pounding on the (G)tracks, it’s the beating of my (D) heart (G)
And I’m (D)crying out for help, oh won't (G)someone slow this down (D) (G)
But all this (D)time that I’ve been praying what I (G)should have been a-saying is
(Bm)Don’t (A)stop (G)now (Bm) (A) (G)
So halle-(A)lujah for the moments I am (G)rolling on these rails (D) of pain (G)
And it’s (A)all that I can do and it keeps me (G)running back to you
On a (Bm)hard (A)(G) time (A)train
Solo: / / / |(A) |(G) |(G) |(D) |(D) |(G) |(G) |(A) |(A) |(G) |(G) |(Bm) |(Bm)(A)|(G) |(G) … |
|(D) |(D) |(G) |(G) |(D) |(D) |(G) |(G)
Well the (D)brakeman works the chain, but now we’re (G)climbing through the hills toward the (D)sun (G)
And I (D)turn away in shame, (Em)seeing all the evil that I’ve (D/F#)done (G)
But those (D)Carolina roses, oh they’re (G)growing up the tracks of my (D)despair (G)
Saying (D)all that I’ve been needing is a (G)simple man a-bleeding and the (Bm)hope
Of a (A)mother’s (G)prayer
Solo: |(Bm) |(A) |(G) |(G)
So halle-(A)lujah for the moments I am (G)rolling on these rails (D) of pain (G)
And it’s (A)all that I can do and it keeps me (G)running back to you
On a (Bm)hard (A)(G) time (D)train (G)
Hard time (D) train, (G) oh, we got (D/F#)hard times (Em)
We all got (D/F#)hard times, (G) brother, we got (A)hard times
We got (Bm)hard, hard (D) times
Quick Outro. |(D) |(D) |(G) |(G) | x repeat times
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