Two Trains Runnin'
Written by McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)
Played twice by Bob Dylan (May 1961, the “Minnesota Party Tape”, and
July 2, 1962 in the Finjan Club, Montreal)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem from the Finjan Club version
Open D tuning (D-A-d-f#-a-d’)
[intro:]
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Well, there's two . . .
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Well there's two trains running
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And they're running this way
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One leaves at midnight
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the other at the break of day
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At the break of day
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At the break of day
Oh Lordy
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|-----------------------0-|-------0h3---------------|-------------------------|
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other at the break of day at the break of day at the break of day
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oh, lordy oh, lordy
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I've been troubled, I've been a fool *) This version of the downward lick
I've been crazy my whole life takes over from --5p3-0-- for the
Well, I done fell in love rest of the song
With another man's wife
With another man's wife
Oh, Lordy
I'm gonna find me a woman
Who shines like a morning star
I'm gonna find me a woman
Ride like a Cadillac car
Ride like a Cadillac car
Ride like a Cadillac car
Oh, lordy
Oh, lordy
Well I'm afraid of everybody
And I can't trust myself
Well, the woman I love has
Put me on top of the shelf
Put me on top of the shelf
Put me on top of the shelf
Oh, Lordy
Oh, Lordy
Well ther's two trains running
And they're running this way
One leaves at midnight
other at the break of day
At the break of day
At the break of day
At the break of day
Basic figure during the last verse:
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