Long Train Running

The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'

Original idea by: [email protected] (Eric Olander)

Edited by Martin Pagh ([email protected])

Comments or corrections please mail me.

Standard tuning: EADGBe.

The signs "" and "/" marks the strumming (down- or upwards),

and the ones in brackets are barely strummed.

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Intro:

/ / / /

e-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10---10---10--|

B-10h11-11-11--x-x-x-x--11---11---10--|

[x8]

G-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10---10---10--|

D-10h12-12-12--x-x-x-x--12---12---10--|

A-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10---10---10--|

E-x-----x—-x---x-x-x-x--x----x----x---|

1 2 3 4

/ / / /

|-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|

|-8----8----8----8----| -11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10|

|-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| NOTICE: Last part is 2/4

[x1]

|-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|

|-10---10---10---10---| -10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|

|-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|

1 2 3 4 1 2

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Vers 1 (0:17), Strum as intro, one line per measure:

Down around the corner

a half a mile from here

You see them old trains runnin'

and you watch them disappear

And next play this, listen to the song for strumming:

() ()

|-x---x---x---x---x---x---|

|-x---x---x---x---x---x---|

|-12--12--12--12--12--12--|

|-11--11--11--11--11--11--|

|-13--13--13--13--13--13--|

|-11--11--11--11--11--11--|

1 2 3 4

Without love

/ / / / /

|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--|

|-11--11--11--10--10--10--|-10h11-11-11--x-x-x-x--11--11--10--|

[x1]

|-10--10--10--11--11--11--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--|

|-12--12--12--12--10--10--|-10h12-12-12--x-x-x-x--12--12--10--|

|-10--10--10--10--12--12--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--|

|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-x-----x—-x---x-x-x-x--x---x---x---|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

where would you be now

() ()

|-x---x---x---x---x---x---|

|-x---x---x---x---x---x---|

|-12--12--12--12--12--12--|

|-11--11--11--11--11--11--|

|-13--13--13--13--13--13--|

|-11--11--11--11--11--11--|

1 2 3 4

without looooooooooooooooo-

/ / / / /

|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--|

|-11--11--11--10--10--10--|-10h11-11-11--x-x-x-x--11--11--10--|

[x1]

|-10--10--10--11--11--11--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--| The intro part is played 2 times.

|-12--12--12--12--10--10--|-10h12-12-12--x-x-x-x--12--12--10--|

|-10--10--10--10--12--12--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--|

|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-x-----x—-x---x-x-x-x--x---x---x---|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

-oooooooooooooooooooooooove

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Verse 2 (0:43), Strum as intro, one line per measure:

You know I saw miss Lucy

down along the tracks

She lost her home and family

and she won't be comin' back

This part is the same as in verse 1:

Without love

where would you be now

Without loooooove

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Verse 3 (1:07), Strum like this, and then mute strings.

Try and make the last part, the G7 chord hit on 1.

/

|-10-10--10----------------|

|-10-10--11----------------|

[x4]

|-10-10--10----------------|

|-10-10--12----------------|

|-10-10--10----------------|

|-x--x---x-—---------------|

1 2 3 4

Well the Illinois Central

and the Southern Central Freight

gotta keep on pushin' mama

'cause you know they're running late

And this is the same as before:

Without love

where would you be now

Without love

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C-part: Solo over verse 1 chords, different strumming (listen to song again)

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Verse 3 repeated:

Well the Illinois Central

and the Southern Central Freight

gotta keep on pushin' mama

'cause you know they're running late

Without love

where would you be now

Without love

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Verse 4: Strum hard and without sustain:

|-10---10---10---10-10--|

|-10---10---10---10-10--|

|-11---11---11---11-10--|

|-10---10---10---10-10--|

|-12---12---12---12-10--|

|-x----x----x----x--x---|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Where the pistons keep on charmin'

and the wheels go round' and round'

And the steel rails are cold and hard

for the miles they go around

And this part is as usual:

Without love

where would you be right now

And here stop playing at all:

Without love

where would you be now?

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Outro: (2:46) Play same as intro.

At (3:14) he does something i can't quite figure out,

but don't play it and no one will notice anyway.

Got to get it baby wont you move it down?

Won't you move it down?

Baby baby baby baby wont you move it down?

When the big train run

and the train is movin' on

I got to keep on movin'

Keep on movin'

Keep on movin'

Gonna keep on movin'

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Chord summary:

G11 Gm7 Cm7 Cm7 D#7 D7

|10| |10| |8 | |8 | |11| |10|

|10| |11| |8 | |8 | |11| |10|

|10| |10| |8 | |8 | |12| |11|

|10| |12| |8 | |8 | |11| |10|

|10| |10| |10| |10| |13| |12|

|x | |x | |8 | |8 | |11| |10|