New Train

John Prine

Intro
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(A)Full blown silence in an e(D)mpty room
A former bride and a fo(A)rmer groom
A folding table and a fo(E)lding chair
A folded hand of p(A)oker there
All new directions must go e(D)verywhere
Big round people in a c(A)ool little square
You can't cut it with a b(E)oat or a plane
Man, it's gonna take a n(D)ew t(A)rain

Chorus

(A)('Cause) You'll be leaving on a n(D)ew train
Far away from this w(A)orld of pain
And when you look out your wi(E)ndow you'll see
Your home, your baby, and your fa(A)mily
No melted ice cubes in a pa(D)per cup
Hell, you'll be happy, you'll be a(A)ll shook up
The friends that greet you will be s(E)imple and plain
When you step down from that n(D)ew tr(A)ain


Instrumental

(D)      (A)       (E)       (A)
(D)      (A)       (E)       (A)

(A)Collected volumes of hi(D)story say
Man makes mistakes most ev(A)ery day
The half a pound of ch(E)opped ground round
Is still a burger when it g(A)oes downtown
No faded photographs of yes(D)terdays
Are in the books that I r(A)ead these days
To fly away from that me(E)mory town
You must keep both your f(A)eet on the ground

Repeat Chorus

Instrumental
(D)      (A)       (E)       (A)

(A)I'll be leaving on a n(D)ew train
Far away from this wo(A)rld of pain
The friends that greet me will be si(E)mple and plain
When I step down from that n(D)ew t(A)rain
N(D)ew tr(A)ain
N(D)ew tr(A)ain