D Em
While riding on a train going west,
( G ) A
I fell asleep for to take my rest,
D G D
Iiiiii dreamed a dream that made me sad,
A G D
Concerning myself ... and the first few friends I had.
D Em
With half damp eyes I stared to the room,
( G ) A
Where my friends and I spent many'n afternoon,
D G D
Wheeeeeere we together weathered many a storm,
A G D
Laughing and singing ... 'till the early hours of the morn.
D Em
By the old wooden stove where our hats was hung,
( G ) A
Our words was told, our songs was sung;
D G D
Weeeeee longed for nothing and were satisfied,
A G D
Joking and talking ... about theee wooorld outside.
D Em
With hungry hearts through the heat and cold,
( G ) A
We never much thought we could get very old;
D G D
Weeeeee thought we could sit forever in fun,
A G D
And our chances really ... was a million to one.
(HARMONICA PART)
D Em
As easy it was to tell black from white,
( G ) A
It was all that easy to tell wrong from right;
D G D
An' our choices they was few, so the thought never hit,
A G D
That the one road we traveled ... woul'ever shatter or split.
D Em
Ah many a year has passed and gone,
( G ) A
Many' gamble has been lost and won;
D G D
And many a road taken by many a first friend,
A G D
And each one ... I've never seen again.
D Em
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,
( G ) A
That we could sit simply in that room again;
D G D
Teeeeeeen thousand dollars at the drop of a haaaaaat,
A G D
I'd give it all gladly ... if our lives could be like that.