Long Train Running
Doobie Brothers (Tom Johnston, 1973)


      Essential Groove of the Tune
  
      Gm7                         F
4/4 | D - - U D - - - | - - D - D U - - - |
      1   2 & 3  (4)   (1)  2   3 &  (4)
  
  N.B. Though the F is alway there in the groove,
  only Gm7 will be written into the chart most of the time.


Intro
| [Gm7]   | [Gm7]  [F] | [Gm7] | [Gm7] [F] |
| [Gm7]   | [Gm7]  [F] | [Gm7] | [Gm7] [F] |

| [Gm7] Down around the corner, |   
| [Gm7] half a mile from here   |
| [Gm7] See them long trains run,  
and you | [Gm7] watch them disappear  

Chorus
Without | [Cm7] love... | [Cm7] ...where would you be | [Gm7] now   | [Gm7]    
Without | [Eb] lo---- | [Dsus4] o--   [D] o-- | [Gm7] ove   | [Gm7] |   

You | [Gm7] know I saw miss Lucy |
| [Gm7] down along the tracks |
She | [Gm7] lost her home and her family
and she | [Gm7] won't be coming back

Chorus
Without | [Cm7] love... | [Cm7] ...where would you be | [Gm7] now   | [Gm7]    
Without | [Eb] lo---- | [Dsus4] o--   [D] o-- | [Gm7] ove   | [Gm7] |   
  
Well the | [Gm7↓] Illinois Central
And the | [Gm7↓] Southern Central Freight
Got to | [Gm7↓] keep on pushin' mama
You | [Gm7↓] know they're running late

Chorus
Without | [Cm7] love... | [Cm7] ...where would you be | [Gm7] now   | [Gm7]    
Without | [Eb] lo---- | [Dsus4] o--   [D] o-- | [Gm7] ove   | [Gm7] |   

Harmonica Solo
| [Gm7] | [Gm7] | [Gm7] | [Gm7] |   
| [Cm7] | [Cm7] | [Gm7] | [Gm7] |
| [Eb] | [Dsus4] [D] | [Gm7] | [Gm7] |   

Well the | [Gm7↓] Illinois Central
And the | [Gm7↓] Southern Central Freight
Got to | [Gm7↓] keep on pushin' mama
You | [Gm7↓] know they're running late

Chorus
Without | [Cm7] love... | [Cm7] ...where would you be | [Gm7] now   | [Gm7]    
Without | [Eb] lo---- | [Dsus4] o--   [D] o-- | [Gm7] ove   | [Gm7] |   

Well the | [Gm7↓] pistons [Gm7↓] keep on [Gm7↓] turning [Gm7↓]          
[F↑] And the | [Gm7↓] wheels go [Gm7↓] round and [Gm7↓] round   [Gm7↓][F↑]        
The | [Gm7↓] steel rails [Gm7↓] ...are [Gm7↓] cold and [Gm7↓] hard        
[F↑] For the | [Gm7↓] miles that [Gm7↓] they go [Gm7↓] down  [Gm7↓][F↑]        

Chorus
Without | [Cm7] love... | [Cm7] ...where would you be | [Gm7] now   | [Gm7]    
Without | [Eb↓] lo---- | [Dsus4↓] o--    [D↓] o--   | [Cm7↓] oooh...  Where would you be now...

Outro Groove
|   [Gm7]   |   [Gm7]  [F]   |   [Gm7]   |   [Gm7]  [F]   |
|   [Gm7]   |   [Gm7]  [F]   |   [Gm7]   |   [Gm7]  [F]   |
|   [Gm7]   |   [Gm7]  [F]   |   [Gm7]   |   [Gm7]  [F]   |
|   [Gm7]   |   [Gm7]  [F]   |   [Gm7]   |   [Gm7]  [F]   |   [Gm7↓]


#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/28/19 JJ
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