Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - The Train From Washington HD

[Am] _ _ _ During Reconstruction time, [Em] there were folks who had been promised 40 acres and a mule.
[Am] And they were [Em] told the man with their legal papers could be expected on a train from Washington.
There were folks who waited for him, and there are folks who are still waiting for him.
But you can't depend on the [C] train from Washington.
It's 100 [B] years overdue.
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_ [Em] You can't depend on the stars [Am] and planets, [Bm] yeah, [Am] they'll always tell [Em] you the truth. _
_ [F#] _ [Em] You can't depend [Am] on the 15th of April, [Bm] yeah, [Am] somehow it [Em] always gets through. _
_ _ [Em] You can't depend on the daily [Am] _
[Bm] papers, cause [Am] they're sure to [Em] bring you the blues.
_ _ [F#] [Em] But don't depend on the [Am] train from Washington, [Bm] it's 100 [Am] years [Em] overdue.
_ [Am] I see [Em] people, _ _ dragging all their own feet, standing at your feet of trash.
_ I see people, _ [Bm] all [Em] the way from home, wondering [C] how [Am] they'll [A] ever get [B] by.
_ _ [Em] You can't depend [Am] on the politicians, [Bm] yeah, [Am] always got a [Em] point of view.
_ _ _ They are [Am] contemporary [Bm]
[Am] court musicians, [Bm] yeah, their slight of [Am] mouth will dazzle [Em] you.
_ _ _ You can't depend on a [Am] weak position from [Bm] them changes [Am] that you got to [Em] go through.
_ _ _ But don't depend [C] on the [Bm] train [Am] from Washington, [Bm] it's 100 [Am] years [Em]
overdue.
_ [Am] I see people, _ [Em]
on their way to work, I see black people, I _ _ see [Am] people,
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listening for the whistle on the [C] train that will [B] carry their dreams.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] I _
[Em] _ _ _ see [Am] people, [Em] _ _
on their way to work, I see factories, birds here at the [A] gate.
[Em] I see people, _
[Bm] listening [Em] for the whistle on the [C] train that will carry [B] their dreams.
_ _ [Em] You can't depend [C] on [Bm] the force [Am] and [Bm] gravity, [Am] both of them will [Em] bring you down.
_ _ _ You can't depend [Am] on catching something, [Bm] yeah, [Am] something isn't [Em] going around.
_ _ _ You can't [C] depend on the [D] first [Am] two numbers, [Bm] but [Am] damn if the [Em] last one can stay on.
_ _ But don't depend [Am] on the train from [Bm] Washington, it's [Am] 100 years [Em] overdue.
_ [D#m] _ _ [Em] You can't depend on [Bm] the train [Am] from [Bm] Washington, it's [Em] 100 years overdue.
You _ _ can't depend [Am] on the train from [Bm] Washington, it's [Em] 100 years overdue.
_ _ _ But don't depend on the train from [Am] Washington.
[Bm] _ [Em] Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know it might not make it.
You can't depend [Am] on the train from Washington.
[Bm] _ [C] Everybody knows it fits honey, honey, [D#m] [Em] lady.
[D#m] [Em] You can't depend [Am] on the train from Washington, [Bm] it's 100 [C] years, and that's a [G] long, long time.
[Em] You can't depend [Am] on the train from Washington, [Bm] [Am] it's 100 years [Em] overdue.
_ _ _ [Em] You can't [Am] depend on the train from Washington, [Bm] [C] it's 100 years overdue.
Don't depend on the [B] train [G] from Washington.
You can't depend [Am] on the [Bm]
[Am] train from [Bm] Washington, [Am] it's 100 [Em] years overdue.
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