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Zion Train

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...ZION TRAIN... by Bob Marley
----------------..............
*from 'Uprising' (1980)*
Intro:
  Am  G,   Am  F,   Am  G, E  
Chorus 1:
 AmZion train is Gcoming our Amway,F  
 AmZion train is Gcoming our Amway.F  
Oh Ampeople; Gget on board, (Amyou better F7get on board),
    Am  GThank the Lord,    Am   Fpraise Far I).
Verse 1:
I Amgotta catch a train,
'Cos there's no Gother station;Am  F  
 AmThen you going in the Gsame direction.Am  F7  
Chorus 2:
 AmZion train is Gcoming our Amway,F  
 AmZion train is Gcoming our Amway.F  
Verse 2:
 AmWhich man can save his brother's Gsoul?
 Am(Save your F7brother's soul),
 AmOh man, it's just Gself control.Am  F7  
 AmDon't gain the world and Glose your soul,
 Am(Just don't F7lose your soul),
 AmWisdom is better than Gsilver and Amgold.
 FTo the bridge...
Bridge 1:
Oh, Fwhere there's a Gwill,
 FThere's always a Gway.
 FWhere there's a Gwill,
 FThere's always a Gway, (way, way, way, way).
Chorus 3:
 AmZion train is Gcoming our Amway,F  
 AmZion train is Gcoming our Amway.F  
Verse 3:
 AmTwo thousand years of Ghistory,     Am  F7(histo-ry),
 AmCould not be wiped away so Geasily.Am  F  
 AmTwo thousand years of Ghistory, Am(black F7history),
 AmCould not be wiped so Geasily,
 Am(Could not be wiped so F7easily). Oh, children...
Chorus 4:
 AmZion train is Gcoming our Amway,    F   Amget on board now!
They said the AmZion train is Gcomin' our Amway,
 AmYou got a ticket so thank the FLord!
Coda:
 AmZion's train is,   G   AmZion's train is.F  
 AmZion's train is,   G   AmZion's train is.F7  
They said the Amsoul train is Gcoming our Amway;
They said the Amsoul train is Gcoming our Amway.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
   Am      G       F       E       F7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xxx555  xx5433  xxx565  xxx454  xxx545
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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Zion Train

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...ZION TRAIN... by Bob Marley

----------------..............

*from 'Uprising' (1980)*

Intro:

Am G Am F Am G E

, , ,

Chorus 1:

Am G Am F

Zion train is coming our way,

Am G Am F

Zion train is coming our way.

Am G Am F7

Oh people; get on board, (you better get on board),

Am G Am F

Thank the Lord, praise Far I).

Verse 1:

I gotta catch a train,

G Am F

'Cos there's no other station;

Am G Am F7

Then you going in the same direction.

Chorus 2:

Am G Am F

Zion train is coming our way,

Am G Am F

Zion train is coming our way.

Verse 2:

Am G

Which man can save his brother's soul?

Am F7

(Save your brother's soul),

Am G Am F7

Oh man, it's just self control.

Am G

Don't gain the world and lose your soul,

Am F7

(Just don't lose your soul),

Am G Am

Wisdom is better than silver and gold.

To the bridge...

Bridge 1:

F G

Oh, where there's a will,

F G

There's always a way.

F G

Where there's a will,

F G

There's always a way, (way, way, way, way).

Chorus 3:

Am G Am F

Zion train is coming our way,

Am G Am F

Zion train is coming our way.

Verse 3:

Am G Am F7

Two thousand years of history, (histo-ry),

Am G Am F

Could not be wiped away so easily.

Am G Am F7

Two thousand years of history, (black history),

Am G

Could not be wiped so easily,

Am F7

(Could not be wiped so easily). Oh, children...

Chorus 4:

Am G Am F Am

Zion train is coming our way, get on board now!

Am G Am

They said the Zion train is comin' our way,

Am F

You got a ticket so thank the Lord!

Coda:

Am G Am F

Zion's train is, Zion's train is.

Am G Am F7

Zion's train is, Zion's train is.

Am G Am

They said the soul train is coming our way;

Am G Am

They said the soul train is coming our way.

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

---------------

Am G F E F7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

xxx555 xx5433 xxx565 xxx454 xxx545

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

About Zion Train Chords by Bob Marley

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