Long Train Runnin - The Doobie Brothers

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Long Train Runnin’   Doobie Brothers (Tom Johnston, 1973)
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.

4/4 TIME @ 116 BPM (3 Min. 42 Sec.) in 'Bb'.

Chords Used:
              Guitar               Keyboard
                                Bass    Chord
                                            
Dm7      x  x 
Gm7      x 10 

10 10 10 10   
12 10 11 10   

    D    A-C-D
    G    G-Bb-

-F
D-F
Gm7*     x  x 
Cm7      x  3 
Eb      11 13 
D       10 12 
D7      10 12 

 3  3  3  3   
 5  3  4  3   
13 12 11 11   
12 11 10 10   
10 11 10 10   

    G    G-Bb-
    C    G-Bb-
    Eb   G-Bb-
    D    A-D-G
    D    A-C-D

D-F
C-Eb
Eb
b
-Gb


[Intro]
(8 M)

1  + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
                                          
                                                   


[Verse/Chorus 1]
(12 M)

        
Down a-round t

            
he cor-ner    

          
  half a mile 

            
from here 
           
See them long 

              
trains run,  a

        
nd you watch ‘

              
em dis-ap-pear

         
  With-out
     
Love          

         
    where woul

                     
d you be now? 
        
         With-

            
out love      

        
              

        
              

         
           You

                  
[Verse/Chorus 2]
(12 M)
               
        
Know I saw Mis

           
s Luc-y      d

           
own a-long the

           
 tracks     Sh

  
e
           
Lost her home 

              
and her fam-i-

         
ly, and she
           
Won't be com-i

           
n' back  With-

          
out love, 
       
       Where w

              
ould you be ri

              
ght now? 
     
           Wit

            
h-out love    

          
              

      
              

        
       Well, t

   
he

                        
[Verse/Chorus 3]
(12 M)

           
Ill-i-no-is Ce

           
ntral,  and th

           
e South-ern Ce

              
n-tral Freight

       
   got-ta
           
Keep on push-i

             
n', Ma-ma,  'c

       
ause you
           
Know they're r

              
un-nin' late  

          
 With-out love

     
 
       
      Where wo

              
uld you be now

        
,       now, n

           
ow, now? 
     
            Wi

                                 
th-out love 

                        
[Solo 1]
(12 M)
              
                                 
*        *                       
            
              

           
              

       
              

      
            We

       
ll, the

[Verse/Chorus  4]
(12 M) 
(Same as 'verse/chorus #3' with heavy staccato.)

           
Ill-i-no-is Ce

           
ntral,  and th

           
e South-ern Ce

              
n-tral Freight

       
   got-ta
           
Keep on push-i

             
n', Ma-ma,  'c

       
ause you
           
Know they're r

              
un-nin' late  

      
 With-out
     
Love          

         
    where woul

              
d you be now, 

        
      now, now

         
, now? 
     
           Wit

            
h-out love    

          
              

      
              

        
        Where

                        
[Verse/Chorus 5]
(10+ M)

           
Pis-tons keep 

              
on turn-in',  

        
and the wheels

              
 go 'round and

           
 'round,  and 

    
the
           
Steel  rails  

              
are cold and h

           
ard,  and the
           
Miles that the

            
y go down   Wi

          
th-out love 
       
      Where wo

              
uld you be now

        
?             

       
             W

      
ith-out
           
love,         

    
   ooh,   wher

e would you be

 now? 

 
[Solo 2]
(12 M)

                                 
       
              

       
              

       
              

         
              

      
With-out
            
 love,        

           
     where wou

              
ld you be now?

            
 

 
[Coda]
(16.25 M)

                                 
     
(Begin Ad-Lib 

                            
Lyrics)

                                 
     
           (En

         
d Ad-Lib Lyric

         
s)            

      
             W

        
ith-out

  !
love !


Coda Ad-Lib Lyrics: 

Mmmm  Got to get-cha ba-by  Ba-by won’t you move it down 
Won’t you move it down  Ba-by, ba-by, ba-by, ba-by 
Won’t you move it down  where the big trains run 
And the train ‘a mov-in’  Got to keep on mov-in’ 
Keep on mov-in’  Won’t you keep on mov-in’  Got-ta keep on mov-in’