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Night Train
Rickie Lee Jones
Intro: E (single note e)
        EHere I'm going  --  Walkin' with my baby in my arms
        A'Cuz I am in the wronEg end of the eight ball black
G#m7And the dC#mevil,  ------ Asee,  he's right behind us
F#m7And this worker said she's gonna take my little baAby
My little angel Eback  --  
But they won't getcha - nC#m7oG#m7  C#m  
     E'Cuz I'm right here witcha  --  G#m7On the BNiC#mght --- TraEin 
C#m7     E      A     E     F#m7     E     C#m7    E     A
B7  Amaj7
     ESwing low, Saint Cadillac  --  Tearin' down the alley
And I'm reachin' so high for ya  --  Don't let 'em take me Aback
Broken like valiums and chumps in the Erain -- That cry and quiver
G#m7When a C#m7blue ------ hAorizon is sleeping in the station
With a ticket for a train  --  Surely mine will deliver me Ethere
     EHere she comes G#m7-----B--C#m---------  EI'm safe here with you
OG#m7n the BNC#m7ight  ----  TErain  ------  Oh mamma, mammaB,C#m  
ConEcrete is wheeling by  --  Down at the end of a lullaby
On Bthe NC#m7ight TrC#main.A  E  

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Night Train

by Rickie Lee Jones

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G#m7

C#m

F#m7

C#m7

Amaj7

Night Train

Rickie Lee Jones

Intro: E (single note e)

Here I'm going -- Walkin' with my baby in my arms

A E

'Cuz I am in the wrong end of the eight ball black

G#m7 C#m A

And the devil, ------ see, he's right behind us

F#m7 A

And this worker said she's gonna take my little baby

My little angel back --

C#m7 G#m7 C#m

But they won't getcha - no

E G#m7 B C#m E

'Cuz I'm right here witcha -- On the Night --- Train

C#m7 E A E F#m7 E C#m7 E A

B7 Amaj7

Swing low, Saint Cadillac -- Tearin' down the alley

And I'm reachin' so high for ya -- Don't let 'em take me back

Broken like valiums and chumps in the rain -- That cry and quiver

G#m7 C#m7 A

When a blue ------ horizon is sleeping in the station

With a ticket for a train -- Surely mine will deliver me there

E G#m7 B C#m E

Here she comes ---------------- I'm safe here with you

G#m7 B C#m7 E B C#m

On the Night ---- Train ------ Oh mamma, mamma,

Concrete is wheeling by -- Down at the end of a lullaby

B C#m7 C#m A E

On the Night Train.

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