Hell Miss This Train Chords & Lyrics - Eliza Gilkyson

INTRO: [Em]

He started in the morning, arrived just in time
Met some [D]friends at the station, for to ride the narrow [Em]line

Took a seat in the diner, made small talk with them all
Took a [D]drink from the waiter, heard the last conductor [Em]call

He [G]seen the long dress of a woman on his right
She was [D]reading from the bible, she was [Em]basking in the light

For a moment he thought he'd hear the words she couldn't keep inside
He looked in [D]vain all around him, but there was no place to [Em]hide


[CHORUS]
Gotta miss this [Am]train
Running on something behind, he'll miss this [Em]train
Running out of time, he'll miss this [D]train
Walking down the line, he'll miss this [Em]train [B] [Em]

She said, "All my friends are millionaires", and her lips were small and thin
And she [D]held him with these words as her eyes began to [Em]spin

"My lover is an angel, each day we give our praise
To the [D]glory of his goodness and the richness of our [Em]days"

"But [G]you will never know him, unless you ride this train
That [D]seeks the pure and righteous for the [Em]glory of his name"

And with this she clasped an amulet that hung above her breast
And she [D]felt a tiny glory as the train continued [Em]west


[CHORUS]
Gotta miss this [Am]train
Running on something behind, he'll miss this [Em]train
Running out of time, he'll miss this [D]train
Walking down the line, he'll miss this [Em]train [B] [Em]

He became distracted, to the window he turned his eyes
To the [D]desert all around him and the blue that filled its [Em]skies

Cactus with its arms arose to pull him away
There were [D]stones that shine like jewels, flying birds of [Em]prey

[G]Nothing ever called to him as the sun was burning bright
And [D]all the desert creatures were [Em]hiding from the light

And the woman safely sleeping, with her book she'd made a nest
And he [D]knew he'd have to leave there or his heart would never [Em]rest


[CHORUS]
Gotta miss this [Am]train
Running on something behind, he'll miss this [Em]train
Running out of time, he'll miss this [D]train
Walking down the line, he'll miss this [Em]train [B] [Em]

He jumped out the window, the sun was burning red
And [D]all he saw was desert and the bones of its [Em]dead

He reached out to touch them and to lift them from the sand
They [D]looked like angels, and he held them in his [Em]hand

All at [G]once he tried to board again, barbed wire cut his feet
But [D]all he saw was empty track and the [Em]rising of the heat

So he ran for a hundred miles until he came to a mountain town
Where he was [D]told by a conductor that he best just turn a[Em]round


[CHORUS]
Gotta miss this [Am]train
Running on something behind, he'll miss this [Em]train
Running out of time, he'll miss this [D]train
Many walking down the line, he'll miss this [Em]train [B] [Em]

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