A5
Desert train,
C5
I'm gonna chase you down.
A5
Makes no difference,
C5
Where you're bound.
         F5
I wanna ride,
 G5                       
Rockin' the coals still 
 F5                 A5
under the desert train. 

A5
Desert train,
C5
You got a voice like thunder.
A5
You got a song makes me,
C5
Have to wonder,
           F5
What it's like,
    G5                       
To fly like a bat out of
 F5                 A5
Hell on a desert train. 


And I'll be,
A5
Gone like a ghost standing in the shadows,
D5
Gone like a tumbleweed when the wind blows,
G5                             E5                 A5
Gone like the souls who have vanished from the plains.
 
And I'll be,
A5
Gone like a dream of days gone by and,
D5
Gone like a string of boxcars flying,
G5                       E5                 A5
Gone in the belly of a whale of a desert train. 

A5
Came out here,
C5
Washed my hands,
A5
Cleansed my sins, all those
C5
Ancient sins
       F5
Oh but I,
  G5                       
Found no place out,
 F5              A5
Here to hide my sorrow. 

A5
Desert train,
C5
I'm a lot like you,
A5
On my own,
C5
Passing through,
      F5
This land. 
  G5                       
Take me through the
 F5               A5
Dust storms of tomorrow.


And I'll be,
A5
Gone like a ghost standing in the shadows,
D5
Gone like a tumbleweed when the wind blows,
G5                             E5                 A5
Gone like the souls who have vanished from the plains.
 
And I'll be,
A5
Gone like a dream of days gone by and,
D5
Gone like a string of boxcars flying,
G5                       E5                 A5
Gone in the belly of a whale of a desert train.