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