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.