The Mercy Of The Wheels

INTRO: C  Am  Dm  C  F  G  C

                        ~ ~ Am
I heard a train calling

Through the middle of the night
            Dm
I heard the whistle
        C            F       G
And the mercy of the wheels


       C
It's a hand to mouth existence
~  ~ Am
In a mouth to nothing world
      Dm
I was longing
        C              F     G   F
For the way I used to feel


            ~     ~ G
I'd like to catch a train
           C  ~    ~  F
That could go back in time
           Dm            C
That could make a lot of stops
          F    G
Along the way


        F     ~   ~  G
I would go to see my father
         C       ~    ~ F
With the eyes he left behind
        Dm             C
I would go for all the words
            F    G
I'd like to say


        F     ~    ~ G
And I'd take along a sandwich
      C       ~  ~   F
And a picture of my girl
    Dm
And show them all
     F           C    G  C
That I made out okay


                         ~ ~ Am
I heard a train calling

Through the middle of the night
      Dm
And I wondered
     F                   C   G
If I should have gotten on


  C                             ~ ~ Am
A train knows where it's going

And when it's time to go
    Dm
And that it looks best
     F            C     G   C
When it's already gone


                         ~ ~ Am
I heard a train calling

Through the middle of a dream
      Dm                   F
And I wandered through the weeds
           C   G
As it went by


        C                            ~ ~ Am
Oh, the trains they have the numbers

The nicknames and the nights
     Dm
They know it's okay
   F            C     G   F
To run away and cry


            ~     ~ G
I'd like to catch a train
           C  ~    ~  F
That could go back in time
           Dm            C
That could make a lot of stops
          F    G
Along the way


        F     ~   ~  G
I would go to see my father
         C       ~    ~ F
With the eyes he left behind
        Dm             C
I would go for all the words
            F    G
I'd like to say


        F     ~    ~ G
And I'd take along a sandwich
      C       ~  ~   F
And a picture of my girl
    Dm
And show them all
     F           C    G  C
That I made out okay


                         ~ ~ Am
I heard a train calling

Through the middle of the night
            Dm
I heard the whistle
        F            C       G  C
And the mercy of the wheels