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[Verse 1]
                         D
Full blown silence in an empty room
                     A
A former bride and a former groom
                       E
A folding table and a folding chair
                  A
A folded hand of poker there
                            D
All new directions must go everywhere
                       A
Big round people in a cool little square
                        E
You can't cut it with a boat or a plane
                      D    A
Man it's gonna take a new train

[Chorus]
                       D
You'll be leaving on a new train
                   A
Far away from this world of pain
                           E
And when you look out your window you'll see
                               A
Your home, your baby, and your family
                         D
No melted ice cubes in a paper cup
                                 A
Hell, you'll be happy, you'll be all shook up
                                   E
The friends that greet you will be simple and plain
                             D   A
When you step down from that new train

[Instrumental]
D  A  E  A
D  A  E  A

[Verse 2]
                     D
Collected volumes of history say
                        A
Man makes mistakes most every day
                    E
The half a pound of chopped ground round
                          A
Is still a burger when it goes downtown
                        D
No faded photographs of yesterdays
                        A
Are in the books that I read these days
                      E
To fly away from that memory town
                        A
You must keep both your feet on the ground

[Chorus]
                           D
Cuz you'll be leaving on a new train
                   A
Far away from this world of pain
                           E
And when you look out your window you'll see
                               A
Your home, your baby, and your family
                         D
No melted ice cubes in a paper cup
                                 A
Hell, you'll be happy, you'll be all shook up
                                   E
The friends that greet you will be simple and plain
                             D   A
When you step down from that new train

[Instrumental]
D  A  E  A

[Chorus]
                     D
I'll be leaving on a new train
                   A
Far away from this world of pain
                                  E
The friends that greet me will be simple and plain
                           D   A
When I step down from that new train
D   A
New train
D   A
New train