A Train Robbery Chords by Levon Helm

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_ _ The full moon touched the coal steel _ lines, the rail bed [Cm] was frozen [Bb] with ice.
_ _ In the distance an engine was keeping good time, the steam [F] whistle moaned [Bb] just twice.
_ _ _ Down in the cut past the old trestle bridge, _ twelve _ fine [F] horses stood.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Mass men _ shivered in the cold on the ridge, not far [F] from the [Bb] Glendale _ woods. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The brass lamp shone [Eb] from the [Bb] swaying train when the driver [F] saw the [Bb] red light.
_ _ _ Her iron brakes sparked [Eb] like silver [Bb] _ rain and the metals [Fm] screamed [Bb] through the night.
[Bbm] _ _ [D] [Eb] The baggage man peered [Db] [Bb] out to look for the fault when fear froze [F] up his heart.
_ [Bb] He was staring down the barrel [Eb] of an [Bb] army coach that threatened [F] to tear him [Bb] apart.
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We _ will burn your train to _ cinder, _ [Eb] so throw the _ [Bbm] money [Bb] on down.
_ _ Open up your damned express car _ _ [Ab] and jump [F] down to [Bb] the ground.
_ But we won't touch that old coal mine, [Ab] she shuddered [Eb] and _ [Bb] exclaimed. _
_ They ain't offered no _ reward _ _ _ [Ab] for Frank [Eb] and Jesse [Bb] _ James.
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In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ long soldier's coats, _ [Eb] _ frayed [Bb] with the years, quickly [F] they scrambled _ [Bb] aboard. _
_ _ _ Men were the sweating [Eb] and the women [Bb] shed tears, and the preacher _
[F] prayed [Bb] to the Lord.
_ _ [Eb] When they opened to say [Bb] there was nothing for them, so they strode down [F] through the train.
_ _ [Bb] What a miserable sight, [Eb] these desperate _ [Bb] men, robbing [Fm] old folks for [F] their gold [Bb] watch chains.
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_ _ _ [Bbm] will burn your train [Bb] to cinder, _ _ [Ab] so throw the [Eb] money [Bb] on down.
[Bbm] _ Open [Bb] up [Bbm] your damned [Bb] express car _ [Ab] and jump down [F] to [Bb] the ground.
_ But we won't touch that old coal _ mine, [Ab] she _ [Bb] shuddered and _ _ _ exclaimed.
They ain't offered no _ _ reward _ [Ab] for Frank [Eb] and Jesse _ [Bb] _ _ _
James.
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Now _ _ _ _ _ _ _ some say the devil [Eb] had taken [Bb] his soul, _ some say [Cm] his spirit _ [Bb] survived. _
_ _ But we all know he was nothing [Eb] but a Missouri [Bb] farm boy, just fighting [F] to stay [Bbm] _ alive.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ High above that railroad _ bed, on a ridge where the pines [F] grow tall. _
_ _ [Bb] If you listen to the wind, [Eb] there's a ghost [Bb] of a chance you'll still [F] hear old Jesse [Bbm] call.
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We [Bbm] will burn your train to _ cinder, _ [Ab] so throw [Eb] the _ money [Bb] on down.
_ Open up your damned express car and [Ab] jump [F] down to [Bb] the _ ground.
But we won't touch that old coal mine, _ [Ab] she [Eb] shuddered _ [Bb] and exclaimed. _
[Bbm] _ [Bb] They ain't offered _ no _ reward _ _ [Ab] for _ [Eb] Frank and [Bb] Jesse _ James.
_ [Ab] For Frank [Eb] and Jesse _ [Bb] _ _ James.
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