AmDesert (x02210@1)train,
CI'm (x32010@1)gonna chase you down.
AmMakes (x02210@1)no difference,
CWhere (x32010@1)you're bound.
         FI (133211@1)wanna ride,
 G (320003@1)                     
Rockin' the coals still 
 F (133211@1)               Amunder (x02210@1)the desert train.

AmDesert (x02210@1)train,
CYou (x32010@1)got a voice like thunder.
AmYou (x02210@1)got a song makes me,
CHave (x32010@1)to wonder,
           FWhat (133211@1)it's like,
    G (320003@1)                     
To fly like a bat out of
 F (133211@1)               AmHell (x02210@1)on a desert train.

And I'll be,
AmGone (x02210@1)like a ghost standing in the shadows,
DmGone (xx0231@1)like a tumbleweed when the wind blows,
G (320003@1)                           Em (022000@1)               AmGone (x02210@1)like the souls who have vanished from the plains.
 
And I'll be,
AmGone (x02210@1)like a dream of days gone by and,
DmGone (xx0231@1)like a string of boxcars flying,
G (320003@1)                     Em (022000@1)               AmGone (x02210@1)in the belly of a whale of a desert train.

AmCame (x02210@1)out here,
CWashed (x32010@1)my hands,
AmCleansed (x02210@1)my sins, all those
CAncient (x32010@1)sins
       FOh (133211@1)but I,
  G (320003@1)                     
Found no place out,
 F (133211@1)            AmHere (x02210@1)to hide my sorrow.

AmDesert (x02210@1)train,
CI'm (x32010@1)a lot like you,
AmOn (x02210@1)my own,
CPassing (x32010@1)through,
      FThis (133211@1)land. 
  G (320003@1)                     
Take me through the
 F (133211@1)             AmDust (x02210@1)storms of tomorrow.

And I'll be,
AmGone (x02210@1)like a ghost standing in the shadows,
DmGone (xx0231@1)like a tumbleweed when the wind blows,
G (320003@1)                           Em (022000@1)               AmGone (x02210@1)like the souls who have vanished from the plains.
 
And I'll be,
AmGone (x02210@1)like a dream of days gone by and,
DmGone (xx0231@1)like a string of boxcars flying,
G (320003@1)                     Em (022000@1)               AmGone (x02210@1)in the belly of a whale of a desert train.