The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' Original idea by: olandere@agcs.com (Eric Olander) Edited by Martin Pagh (paggee@gmail.com) Comments or corrections please mail me. Standard tuning: EADGBe. The signs "\" and "/" marks the strumming (down- or upwards), and the ones in brackets are barely strummed. ___________ Intro: \ / \ / \ / \ \ \ / e-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10---10---10--| B-10h11-11-11--x-x-x-x--11---11---10--| G-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10---10---10--| [x8] D-10h12-12-12--x-x-x-x--12---12---10--| A-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10---10---10--| E-x-----x—-x---x-x-x-x--x----x----x---| 1 2 3 4 \ \ \ \ \ / \ / \ / \ / |-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| |-8----8----8----8----| -11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10| |-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| NOTICE: Last part is 2/4 |-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| [x1] |-10---10---10---10---| -10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10| |-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| 1 2 3 4 1 2 ___________ Vers 1 (0:17), Strum as intro, one line per measure: Down around the corner a half a mile from here You see them old trains runnin' and you watch them disappear And next play this, listen to the song for strumming: \ (\) \ \ (\) \ |-x---x---x---x---x---x---| |-x---x---x---x---x---x---| |-12--12--12--12--12--12--| |-11--11--11--11--11--11--| |-13--13--13--13--13--13--| |-11--11--11--11--11--11--| 1 2 3 4 Without love \ \ \ / \ \ \ / \ / \ / \ \ \ / |-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--| |-11--11--11--10--10--10--|-10h11-11-11--x-x-x-x--11--11--10--| |-10--10--10--11--11--11--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--| [x1] |-12--12--12--12--10--10--|-10h12-12-12--x-x-x-x--12--12--10--| |-10--10--10--10--12--12--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--| |-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-x-----x—-x---x-x-x-x--x---x---x---| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 where would you be now \ (\) \ \ (\) \ |-x---x---x---x---x---x---| |-x---x---x---x---x---x---| |-12--12--12--12--12--12--| |-11--11--11--11--11--11--| |-13--13--13--13--13--13--| |-11--11--11--11--11--11--| 1 2 3 4 without looooooooooooooooo- \ \ \ / \ \ \ / \ / \ / \ \ \ / |-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--| |-11--11--11--10--10--10--|-10h11-11-11--x-x-x-x--11--11--10--| |-10--10--10--11--11--11--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--| [x1] The intro part is played 2 times. |-12--12--12--12--10--10--|-10h12-12-12--x-x-x-x--12--12--10--| |-10--10--10--10--12--12--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--| |-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-x-----x—-x---x-x-x-x--x---x---x---| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 -oooooooooooooooooooooooove ___________ Verse 2 (0:43), Strum as intro, one line per measure: You know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks She lost her home and family and she won't be comin' back This part is the same as in verse 1: Without love where would you be now Without loooooove ___________ Verse 3 (1:07), Strum like this, and then mute strings. Try and make the last part, the G7 chord hit on 1. \ / \ |-10-10--10----------------| |-10-10--11----------------| |-10-10--10----------------| [x4] |-10-10--12----------------| |-10-10--10----------------| |-x--x---x-—---------------| 1 2 3 4 Well the Illinois Central and the Southern Central Freight gotta keep on pushin' mama 'cause you know they're running late And this is the same as before: Without love where would you be now Without love ___________ C-part: Solo over verse 1 chords, different strumming (listen to song again) ___________ Verse 3 repeated: Well the Illinois Central and the Southern Central Freight gotta keep on pushin' mama 'cause you know they're running late Without love where would you be now Without love ___________ Verse 4: Strum hard and without sustain: \ \ \ \ |-10---10---10---10-10--| |-10---10---10---10-10--| |-11---11---11---11-10--| |-10---10---10---10-10--| |-12---12---12---12-10--| |-x----x----x----x--x---| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & Where the pistons keep on charmin' and the wheels go round' and round' And the steel rails are cold and hard for the miles they go around And this part is as usual: Without love where would you be right now And here stop playing at all: Without love where would you be now? __________ Outro: (2:46) Play same as intro. At (3:14) he does something i can't quite figure out, but don't play it and no one will notice anyway. Got to get it baby wont you move it down? Won't you move it down? Baby baby baby baby wont you move it down? When the big train run and the train is movin' on I got to keep on movin' Keep on movin' Keep on movin' Gonna keep on movin' ___________ Chord summary: G11 Gm7 Cm7 Cm7 D#7 D7 |10| |10| |8 | |8 | |11| |10| |10| |11| |8 | |8 | |11| |10| |10| |10| |8 | |8 | |12| |11| |10| |12| |8 | |8 | |11| |10| |10| |10| |10| |10| |13| |12| |x | |x | |8 | |8 | |11| |10|