Peace Train - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
            
Now I've been 

             
happy lately, 

         
thinking a-bou

       
t the good thi

ngs to come,
          
And I be-lieve

    ( (  
 it could be, 

            
   some-thing 

 
good has begun
            
Oh, I've been 

             
smiling lately

           
, dreaming a-b

       
out the world 

as one,  
          
And I be-lieve

     (  
 it could be, 

             
  some-day it'

           
s going to com

e
 
[Verse 2]
            
'Cause out on 

             
the edge of da

             
rkness,   ther

         
e rides a peac

    
e train,
            
Oh, peace trai

          (
n take this co

 (       
un-try,    com

         
e take me home

 again,
            
Now, I've been

             
 smiling latel

            
y, thinking a-

      
bout the good 

things to come

,
          
And I be-lieve

     ( ( 
 it could be, 

            
  some-thing g

   
ood  has begun

[Chorus]
   (   ( 
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B |-1-----/3--
G |-----------
D |-2-----/3--
A |-----------
E |-----------
Oh, peace trai

  ( 
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--/5---|--5---
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--/5---|--5---
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n sound- ing  

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--3---1----|
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--3---2----|
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 loud-er ,  

        
Glide on the p

            
eace train ,(O

         (
o-ah, ee-ah, o

        
o-ah!)   Come 

             
on the peace t

 
rain,

     (   (
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B |---1-----/3
G |-----------
D |---2-----/3
A |-----------
E |-----------
Yes, peace tra

)  ( 
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in  ho  -ly   

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roll-er ,  

        
Everyone jump 

             
upon the peace

            
 train, (Oo-ah

      (
, ee-ah, oo-ah

)
!)
            
 Come on now, 

        
peace train

[Verse 3]
           
Get your bags 

            
together, go b

          
ring your good

   
 friends too,
            
‘Cause it's ge

    ( 
tting near-er,

            
   it soon wil

      
l be with you,
            
And come and j

             
oin the living

        
,   it's not s

       
o far from you

,
          
And it's getti

   (   
ng near-er,   

             
soon it will a


ll be true

[Chorus]
   (   ( 
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B |-1-----/3--
G |-----------
D |-2-----/3--
A |-----------
E |-----------
Oh, peace trai

  ( 
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--/5---|--5---
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--/5---|--5---
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n sound- ing  

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--3---1----|
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--3---2----|
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 loud-er ,  

        
Glide on the p

             
eace train , (

         (
Oo-ah, ee-ah, 

 
oo-ah!),
            
  Come on the 

        
peace train, p

eace train

[Break]
             
E |--3-3-3----
B |--5-5-5----
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      (
Oo-oo, oo,    

(         
    oo-oo, oo,

     
 oo-oo   

[Verse 4]
            
Now, I've been

             
 crying lately

           
, thinking a-b

          
out the world 

         
as it is,
          
Why must we go

    (  
 on hat-ing,  

             
 why can't we 

  
live in bliss?
            
'Cause out on 

             
the edge of da

             
rkness   there

      
 rides a peace

 train,
            
Oh, peace trai

          (
n take this co

 (       
un-try,     co

            
me take me hom

e again

[Chorus]
   (    (
E |-----------
B |-1-----/3--
G |-----------
D |-2-----/3--
A |-----------
E |-----------
Oh, peace trai

  ( 
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--/5---|--5---
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--/5---|--5---
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n sound- ing  

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--3---1----|
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--3---2----|
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 loud-er ,  

        
Glide on the p

            
eace train ,(O

          
o-ah, ee-ah, o

 (       
o-ah!)   Come 

             
on the peace t

       
rain,

     (   (
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B |---1-----/3
G |-----------
D |---2-----/3
A |-----------
E |-----------
Yes, peace tra

)  ( 
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---/5--|--5---
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in  ho  -ly   

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--3---1----|
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--3---2----|
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roll-er ,  

        
Everyone jump 

             
upon the peace

            
 train, (Oo-ah

      (
, ee-ah, oo-ah

)
!)
            
Come on, come 

           
on, come on, u

mm-yes,  
          
  Come on peac

        ( (
e train,    ye

          
ah!  Yes, it’s

      
 the 
             
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peace train---

              
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!

          
(Oo-ah, ee-ah,

(      
 oo-ah)   Come

             
 on, now, peac

     
e train, oh, p

eace train

[Break]
             
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         (
(Oo-ah, ee-ah,

             
 oo-ah)   

[Coda]
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