Stop That Train

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Date: Fri, 8 Sep 95 14:03:43 EDT
From: Winston Campbell 
Subject: STOP THAT TRAIN by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Stop That Train
(words & music by Peter Tosh)

In actuality, while this song appears on Bob Marley & That Wailer~s first
album it is sung and written by Peter Tosh.  Basically that intro and
everywhere riff is:

[Riff]

   G                  C  D  G   G                    C  D  G
e|----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-9--7-----------------------|-7h9--7-----------------------|
D|-------9--7---------5--7--5-|---------9--7---------5--7--5-|
A|-------------10--7----------|---------------10--7----------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|


G                   C
Stop that train I~m leaving (today)
G                   D
Stop that train I~m leaving (anyway)
G                   C
Stop that train I~m leaving (and I said it)
G                             D
Won~t be too long whether I~m right or wrong (I said it)
G                             C              Cm
Won~t be too long whether I~m right or wrong

[Riff]

G                            D
All my good life I~ve been a lonely man
C                             G
Teaching the people who don~t understand
G                 D
And even though I tried my best
  C                   G
I still can~t find no happiness

(So I got to say)

G                   C
Stop that train I~m leaving (anyday now)
G                   D
Stop that train I~m leaving (I don~t care what you say)
G                   C
Stop that train I~m leaving (and I said it)
G                             D
Won~t be too long whether I~m right or wrong (said it)
G                             C              Cm
Won~t be too long whether I~m right or wrong

[Riff]

G                   D
Some going east and some gone west
C                   G
Some stand aside to try their best
G                       D
Some living big but the most is living small
     C                       G
They just can~t even find no fool at all

(I mean stop it)

G                   C
Stop that train I~m leaving (believe me)
G                   D
Stop that train I~m leaving (I don~t mind)
G                   C
Stop that train I~m leaving (and I said it)
G                             D
Won~t be too long whether I~m right or wrong (I said it)
G                             C               Cm
Won~t be too long whether I~m right or wrong

[Riff]

G                   C
Stop that train I~m leaving (believe me)
G                   D
Stop that train I~m leaving (can~t take it)
G                   C
Stop that train I~m leaving (got to be better)
G                             D
Won~t be too long whether I~m right or wrong
G
Won~t be too long whether...



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