Am
Desert train,
C
I'm gonna chase you down.
Am
Makes no difference,
C
Where you're bound.
         F
I wanna ride,
 G                       
Rockin' the coals still 
 F                 Am
under the desert train. 

Am
Desert train,
C
You got a voice like thunder.
Am
You got a song makes me,
C
Have to wonder,
           F
What it's like,
    G                       
To fly like a bat out of
 F                 Am
Hell on a desert train. 


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

Am
Came out here,
C
Washed my hands,
Am
Cleansed my sins, all those
C
Ancient sins
       F
Oh but I,
  G                       
Found no place out,
 F              Am
Here to hide my sorrow. 

Am
Desert train,
C
I'm a lot like you,
Am
On my own,
C
Passing through,
      F
This land. 
  G                       
Take me through the
 F               Am
Dust storms of tomorrow.


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