It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Chords by Taj Mahal
Tempo:
89.55 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
B
E
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [A]
[A]
[E] Well, I ride on [F#m] a mail train, baby, ain't that a thrill?
[A] [D]
[A] [F#] Well, I've been up all night, [A]
baby, leaning on my window sill.
[F#]
[A] Honey, if I die, [D] I'm gonna die by [E] the hill,
[B] and if I don't make [D] it, ooh, you're my fate, [A] baby.
[D]
[A] Don't the moon look [F#] good, mama, [A] shining through the trees?
Don't the [F#] fragrance look good, mama, flagging down the [A] terrible east?
Don't that sun look good, [D] shining down over [E] the sea?
And don't my [B] good girl look fine [D] when she's coming [A] after me?
As
[D] [A] the winter time is coming, [D] mama, [F#m] the windows are [D] covered [A] with frost.
[D] [E] Trying to tell [D] everybody, but [Em] I could not get across.
[A]
[F#] Well, now, [A] I want to be [Am] your lover, baby, [C] don't want to be [E] your boss.
[E] [Em] [F#m] Don't [B] say I never [C#] warned [D] you when your train [A] gets lost.
[D]
[D]
[A]
[B] [D]
[F#m] [A] [D]
Well, [F#m] I ride on a mail [D] train, [E] baby, can't [D] buy [A] a thrill.
[D] [A] Well, I've been up all night, baby, leaning on my window sill.
[A]
Well, now, if I die, [D] I'm gonna die by the hill,
[E] [A] [D] and if [A#m] I [B] don't make it, ooh, y [D]'all, you know my [A] baby will.
[D]
[B] And if I don't [D] make it, you know my [F#] baby will.
[A] [D] [A]
[B] And if I don't make it, [D] ooh, you know my baby [A] will.
And if [B] I don't [F#] make it, [D] you know my baby [A] will.
And if [B] I don't make [D] it, you know my baby [C#m] will.
[Gm] And if [B] I don't make [F#] it, [D] you know my [E] baby will.
[C] [F#m]
And [B] if I don't make it, you know my baby will.
[A]
[E] Well, I ride on [F#m] a mail train, baby, ain't that a thrill?
[A] [D]
[A] [F#] Well, I've been up all night, [A]
baby, leaning on my window sill.
[F#]
[A] Honey, if I die, [D] I'm gonna die by [E] the hill,
[B] and if I don't make [D] it, ooh, you're my fate, [A] baby.
[D]
[A] Don't the moon look [F#] good, mama, [A] shining through the trees?
Don't the [F#] fragrance look good, mama, flagging down the [A] terrible east?
Don't that sun look good, [D] shining down over [E] the sea?
And don't my [B] good girl look fine [D] when she's coming [A] after me?
As
[D] [A] the winter time is coming, [D] mama, [F#m] the windows are [D] covered [A] with frost.
[D] [E] Trying to tell [D] everybody, but [Em] I could not get across.
[A]
[F#] Well, now, [A] I want to be [Am] your lover, baby, [C] don't want to be [E] your boss.
[E] [Em] [F#m] Don't [B] say I never [C#] warned [D] you when your train [A] gets lost.
[D]
[D]
[A]
[B] [D]
[F#m] [A] [D]
Well, [F#m] I ride on a mail [D] train, [E] baby, can't [D] buy [A] a thrill.
[D] [A] Well, I've been up all night, baby, leaning on my window sill.
[A]
Well, now, if I die, [D] I'm gonna die by the hill,
[E] [A] [D] and if [A#m] I [B] don't make it, ooh, y [D]'all, you know my [A] baby will.
[D]
[B] And if I don't [D] make it, you know my [F#] baby will.
[A] [D] [A]
[B] And if I don't make it, [D] ooh, you know my baby [A] will.
And if [B] I don't [F#] make it, [D] you know my baby [A] will.
And if [B] I don't make [D] it, you know my baby [C#m] will.
[Gm] And if [B] I don't make [F#] it, [D] you know my [E] baby will.
[C] [F#m]
And [B] if I don't make it, you know my baby will.
Key:
D
A
B
E
F#
D
A
B
[Am] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Well, I ride on [F#m] a mail train, baby, ain't that a thrill?
[A] _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ [F#] Well, I've been up all night, [A]
baby, leaning on my window sill.
_ _ [F#] _
[A] _ _ _ Honey, if I die, [D] I'm gonna die by [E] the hill, _ _ _ _ _
[B] and if I don't make [D] it, ooh, you're my fate, [A] baby.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] Don't the moon look [F#] good, mama, [A] shining through the trees? _ _ _ _
_ Don't the [F#] fragrance look good, mama, flagging down the [A] terrible east? _ _ _ _
_ Don't that sun look good, [D] shining down over [E] the sea?
_ _ _ _ And don't my [B] good girl look fine [D] when she's coming [A] after me?
As _ _ _ _
[D] [A] the winter time is coming, [D] mama, [F#m] the windows are [D] covered [A] with frost. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] Trying to tell [D] everybody, but [Em] I could not get across.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#] Well, now, [A] I want to be [Am] your lover, baby, [C] don't want to be [E] your boss.
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ [F#m] Don't [B] say I never [C#] warned [D] you when your train [A] gets lost.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
Well, [F#m] I ride on a mail [D] train, [E] baby, can't [D] buy [A] a thrill. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] [A] Well, I've been up all night, baby, leaning on my window sill.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Well, now, if I die, [D] I'm gonna die by the hill,
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [D] and if [A#m] I [B] don't make it, ooh, y [D]'all, you know my [A] baby will.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
[B] And if I don't [D] make it, you know my [F#] baby will.
_ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _ _
[B] And if I don't make it, [D] ooh, you know my baby [A] will. _ _ _ _ _
And if [B] I don't [F#] make it, [D] you know my baby [A] will. _ _ _ _ _
And if [B] I don't make [D] it, you know my baby [C#m] will. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] And if [B] I don't make [F#] it, [D] you know my [E] baby will.
[C] _ [F#m] _ _ _
And [B] if I don't make it, you know my baby will. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Well, I ride on [F#m] a mail train, baby, ain't that a thrill?
[A] _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ [F#] Well, I've been up all night, [A]
baby, leaning on my window sill.
_ _ [F#] _
[A] _ _ _ Honey, if I die, [D] I'm gonna die by [E] the hill, _ _ _ _ _
[B] and if I don't make [D] it, ooh, you're my fate, [A] baby.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] Don't the moon look [F#] good, mama, [A] shining through the trees? _ _ _ _
_ Don't the [F#] fragrance look good, mama, flagging down the [A] terrible east? _ _ _ _
_ Don't that sun look good, [D] shining down over [E] the sea?
_ _ _ _ And don't my [B] good girl look fine [D] when she's coming [A] after me?
As _ _ _ _
[D] [A] the winter time is coming, [D] mama, [F#m] the windows are [D] covered [A] with frost. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] Trying to tell [D] everybody, but [Em] I could not get across.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#] Well, now, [A] I want to be [Am] your lover, baby, [C] don't want to be [E] your boss.
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ [F#m] Don't [B] say I never [C#] warned [D] you when your train [A] gets lost.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
Well, [F#m] I ride on a mail [D] train, [E] baby, can't [D] buy [A] a thrill. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] [A] Well, I've been up all night, baby, leaning on my window sill.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Well, now, if I die, [D] I'm gonna die by the hill,
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [D] and if [A#m] I [B] don't make it, ooh, y [D]'all, you know my [A] baby will.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
[B] And if I don't [D] make it, you know my [F#] baby will.
_ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _ _
[B] And if I don't make it, [D] ooh, you know my baby [A] will. _ _ _ _ _
And if [B] I don't [F#] make it, [D] you know my baby [A] will. _ _ _ _ _
And if [B] I don't make [D] it, you know my baby [C#m] will. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] And if [B] I don't make [F#] it, [D] you know my [E] baby will.
[C] _ [F#m] _ _ _
And [B] if I don't make it, you know my baby will. _ _ _ _