Runaway Train
Blue Rodeo


[Intro]    D    E    G


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As he sat down upon the train, Silence settled in his brain, ___Reached out his hand and touched her
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Hair________Struggled with the same old thought, Should he tell her should he not, _____He felt her
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Presence everywhere


[Pre-Chorus]
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_____Whatever comes between us, _______don?t let it stand in your way,
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This is what he'd come here just to say


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She just smiled and read ___a book, Gave him such a gentle look; ____He felt a pain right through his
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Chest_________He pictured back to when ___ they met, Open door on a movie set, ______Her brown
                  A
Eyes took his breath


[Pre-chorus]
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_____And every word she spoke to him, ________Went like a bullet to his heart
G                                                A
That's the way it'd been right from the start


[Chorus]
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Now they're off searching in vain, Out of control just like a runaway train
D                   E                   G                                    A
Can't see that it's not up to them, Soon just like a river they'll be back home again



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He sat up through the hours __it takes, Passing through the northern lakes, ____Til the sleeping giant
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was in his Sights, _________He knew that she'd been drifting some, Wondering where his faith had gone,
Em                                                     A
______He stayed awake most of the night


[Pre-chorus]
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______Whatever makes you happy, ______I won't stand in your way,
G                                          A
Words you hope you never have to say


[Chorus]
                      D  E                   G                              A
Now they're off searching in vain, Out of control just like a runaway train
D                   E                   G                                    A
Can't see that it's not up to them, Soon just like a river they'll be back home again


[Solo]    D    Dsus4    Bm    G    D    Dsus4    D    Dsus4    Bm    Em    A
              Bm    G    Bm    E    G    A    D    Dsus4    D    Dsus4


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She watched him toss and try ____to sleep, Struggle with his demons deep, ____She thought of all that
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They'd been through, __________Imagining her _____life alone, No, where he was that was home, _____
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She wondered if he knew


[Pre-chorus]
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_____That every word he spoke to her, ______Went like a bullet to her heart
G                                               A
That's the way it's been right from the start






[Chorus]
                      D  E                   G                              A
Now they're off searching in vain, Out of control just like a runaway train
D                   E                   G                                    A
Can't see that it's not up to them, Soon just like a river they'll be back home again
                     D  E                   G                              A
Now they're off searching in vain, Out of control just like a runaway train
D                   E                   G                                    A
Can't see that it's not up to them, Soon just like a river they'll be back home again


[Ending Solo]     D    E    G    A    D    E    G    A end on D