Chords for Jimmy Ibbotson - Train In The Canyon

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When the train in the canyon [Gm] would wake me beside you, [Eb] I'd rise up on one arm [Ab] and stare _
[Abm] at the magic of moonlight [Eb] across your white pillow [Ab] and billow in gold of [Eb] your hair.
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[Eb] We lived in a cabin [Gm] high above a river [Eb] that carved out a path for [Fm] the track. _
[Eb] We lived in the light of [Bb] our love and ignored what [Eb] we lacked. _ _ _ _
When the wind in the canyon [Gm] would wake you beside me, [Ab] you'd tremble [Eb] and cling [Ab] to [Fm] my arm _
[Ab] and whisper the [Eb] whistling that made you scared, [Bb] but [Fm] that [Ab] aligned with me you [Bb] were warm.
And [Eb] I'd bury my breath [Gm] in the fold of your shoulder [Abm] and [Eb] silently send up [Fm] a prayer _
[Eb] that I could provide [Bb] you enough so you'd [Eb] always be there, _ _ that you'd always [Abm] be there.
[Fm] Whether home [Bb] was a cave [Eb] or a castle, [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ then we always [Ab] would care,
knowing [Fm] life [F] in a canyon [Bb] is fragile.
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[Ab] We outfitted hunters [Gm] together [Bb] and guided [Eb] them up on the [Bb] flat tops to [Cm] _ [Eb] prowl.
[Ab] And I worried [Eb] their stories [Fm] of glorious cities [F] would lure you away from me [Bb] somehow.
_ [Eb] When [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] the train in the canyon [Gm] woke me as it stopped to [Ab] pick up the lone [Fm] rider that night,
_ I [Ab] listed the reasons [Eb] that you had for leaving [Fm] and [Ab] quietly turned out [Bb] my light.
Like [Eb] a hand on the cradle, [Gm] the wheels rocked me home [Ab] with a song like train's [Fm] lullaby.
_ [Eb] When you woke me with kisses and [Bb] asked me if my lips [Eb] were dry, _ _ if my whole [Abm] life were [Eb] dry,
[Fm] you could quench [Bb] it with [Eb] love and laughter.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] Now I [Ab] understand why, [Eb] for [Fm] our river [F] will flow [Bb] ever after.
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When [Eb] the train in the canyon [Gm] would wake me beside you, [Ab] I'd rise [Eb] upon one arm [Fm] and sigh, _
[Ab] saw the magical moonlight [Eb] on diamond cut rock [Fm] facing [Ab] bliss and cars clicking [Bb] by. _
In [Eb] the loft of a cabin [Gm] high above a river [Eb] that carved out a path for the [Fm] track, _ _
[Eb] we lived in the light of [Bb] our love and ignored what [Eb] we lacked. _ _ _ _ _
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