Long Train Runnin - The Doobie Brothers

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Song: Long train runnin'
Artist: The Doobie Brothers
Composer: Tom Johnson
Album: The Captain & me

Tabbed by DJ  6th April 2017

To hear the song, copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVsLEI-hCXw

  Main Riff:
      
A |--0--h1--1-
E |--0--h1--1-
C |--0--h2--2-
G |--0------0-

              
-1--x-x-x-x-x-
-1--x-x-x-x-x-
-2--x-x-x-x-x-
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-1--1-0--|
-2--2-0--|
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Soprano Ukulele tuning: G-C-E-A

 = 0000    = 0331     = 2220
   = 0211    = 0330    = 0231
   = 0010     = 0331     = 0003

^ = Emphasise the beats   h = Hammer-on notes

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[Intro]
      
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[Verse 1]
           
Down around th

          
e corner,
           
Half a mile fr

          
om here,
           
You see them o

              
ld trains runn

     
in',
           
And you watch 

                
'em disappear!

[Chorus]
          
Without love..

     
.
           
 ...Where woul

               
d you be now?
           
Without love--

      
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[Verse 2]
           
You know I saw

            
 Miss Lucy,
           
Down along the

            
 tracks,
           
She lost her h

              
ome and her fa

      
mily, 
           
And she won't 

                
be comin' back

[Chorus]
          
Without love..

     
.
           
 ...Where woul

              
d you be right

     
 now?
            
Without love--

       
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[Verse 3]
       
Well, the Illi

nois Central,
^         ^
     
And the Southe

rn Central Fre

ight,
^       ^
   
Gotta keep on 

pushin', mama,
^     ^
        
'Cause you kno

w they're runn

in' late
 ^         ^

[Chorus]
          
Without love..

     
.
           
 ...Where woul

           
d you be now .

      
..na-na, now?
           
Without love--

      
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[Verse 4]
       
Well, the Illi

nois Central,
^         ^
     
And the Southe

rn Central Fre

ight,
^       ^
   
Gotta keep on 

pushin', mama,
^     ^
        
'Cause you kno

w they're runn

in' late
 ^         ^
[Chorus]
          
Without love..

     
.   
           
 ...Where woul

               
d you be now?
            
Without love--

      
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[Verse 4]
   
Where pistons 

keep on churni

n',
^     ^       ^       ^          ^
     
And the wheels

 go round' and

 round',
^       ^         ^          ^        ^
     
And the steel 

rails are cold

 and hard,
^       ^     ^         ^        ^
     
And the miles 

that they go d

own!
^       ^          ^       ^      ^
[Chorus]
          
Without love..

     
.
           
 ...Where woul

              
d you be right

      
 now?
            
Without love--

    
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Hoo-------, wh

              
ere would you 

                
be now------?

          
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[Verse 5]
      
Hummm--------,

           
  got to getch

   
a, baby, baby,
           
Won’t you move

                
 it down,
           
Won’t you move

          
 it down,     

  
   baby, baby,

 baby, baby!

           
Won't you move

             
 it down,
           
    'Til the b

               
ig train runs,
        
And the train'

s a - movin' o

n

[Coda]
              
Got to keep on

         
 movin',
           
Keep on movin’

    
,
              
Won't you keep

           
 on movin',
              
Gonna keep on 

        
movin'!

          
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