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"The Mercy Of The Wheels" - John Gorka 1991 from the CD "Jack's Crows"

Capo on 2th fret

C                       C/B
I heard a train calling

Am
In the middle of the night

            Dm              Dm/C         F      G 
I heard the whistle and the mercy of the wheels

       C                       C/B
It's a hand to mouth existence

     Am
In a mouth to nothing world

      Dm              Dm/C          F     G
I was longing for the way I used to feel


Chorus:

F                   G                C       C/B   Am
I'd like to catch a train that could go back in time

           Dm            Dm/C            F    G
That could make a lot of stops along the way

        F            G                C       C/B     Am
I would go to see my father, with the eyes he left behind

        Dm             Dm/C              F    G
I would go for all the words I'd like to say

        F            G              C       C/B    Am
And I'd take along a sandwich and a picture of my girl

     Dm               Dm/C         F  G
And show them all that I made out ok


I heard a train calling
Through the middle of the night
And I wondered if I should have gotten on
'Cause a train knows where it's going
And when it's time to go
And that it looks best when it's already gone

I heard a train calling
Through the middle of a dream
And I wandered through the weeds as it went by
Oh, the trains they have the numbers
The nicknames and the nights
They know it's ok to run away and cry

repeat chorus

repeat first three lines