<i>slow (~90 bpm); sung like Ray Charles and Ruth Brown had a baby and fed it
lithium</i>


              E
The ghosts of old friends

     F#m7
Keep calling me home

        G(bar)                    F#m7
And I'm running out of reasons to stay

               E 
  And though I miss them

    B(barred w/ root on A string, followed by Bm7-x24222)
  I resist them

            E     F#m7    G(bar)    F#m7
For another day

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              E
But when that day comes

       F#m7
When I jump that train

    G(bar)                  F#m7
And finally ease my clouded mind

          E
  You can scorn me

             B           Bm7
  Just don't mourn me

                 E     F#m7    G(bar)    F#m7
`Cause it was my time

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	The rails/tracks behind me
	Go on and on to the horizon
	While those before me
	Just keep on risin'
	
	And I won't make the next station
	But for my compensation
 	I picture the elation
		Of seeing her again
	

I'm looking forward
To seeing my friends
And pets that left us long ago
  We'll all be watching
  Drinkin' scotch and singin'
A song this slow (fix this line)

	The rails/tracks behind me
	Go on and on to the horizon
	While those before me
	Just keep on risin'
	
	And I won't make the next station
	But save your condemnation
 	A little decapitation 
		Is worth seeing her again
	

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BRIDGE:
    You should know I tried
    To let nature take its course
    But sometimes you gotta force
        The issue

    And please don't let this provide
    A reason to be sad
    Cuz if you cry, then you'll be mad
        Because I'm the one who would be handing you 
        A tissue

(last verse)
The trail of loved ones
That I'm leaving behind
Is longer than that southbound train
  But please, no grieving
  I'm just leaving
Behind my pain

(much softer)
I see it coming
Right on time
And I'm standing on the track that it's on
  It's so beguiling
  And I'm SMIling
Cuz I'll soon___ be___ gone_____

(outro)