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