The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
Original idea by: olandere@agcs.com (Eric Olander)
Edited by Martin Pagh (paggee@gmail.com)
Comments or corrections please mail me.
Standard tuning: EADGBe.
The signs "\" and "/" marks the strumming (down- or upwards),
and the ones in brackets are barely strummed.
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Intro:
\ / \ / \ / \ \ \ /
e-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10---10---10--|
B-10h11-11-11--x-x-x-x--11---11---10--|
G-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10---10---10--| [x8]
D-10h12-12-12--x-x-x-x--12---12---10--|
A-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10---10---10--|
E-x-----x—-x---x-x-x-x--x----x----x---|
1 2 3 4
\ \ \ \ \ / \ / \ / \ /
|-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-8----8----8----8----| -11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10|
|-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| NOTICE: Last part is 2/4
|-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| [x1]
|-10---10---10---10---| -10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
|-8----8----8----8----| -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
1 2 3 4 1 2
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Vers 1 (0:17), Strum as intro, one line per measure:
Down around the corner
a half a mile from here
You see them old trains runnin'
and you watch them disappear
And next play this, listen to the song for strumming:
\ (\) \ \ (\) \
|-x---x---x---x---x---x---|
|-x---x---x---x---x---x---|
|-12--12--12--12--12--12--|
|-11--11--11--11--11--11--|
|-13--13--13--13--13--13--|
|-11--11--11--11--11--11--|
1 2 3 4
Without love
\ \ \ / \ \ \ / \ / \ / \ \ \ /
|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--|
|-11--11--11--10--10--10--|-10h11-11-11--x-x-x-x--11--11--10--|
|-10--10--10--11--11--11--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--| [x1]
|-12--12--12--12--10--10--|-10h12-12-12--x-x-x-x--12--12--10--|
|-10--10--10--10--12--12--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--|
|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-x-----x—-x---x-x-x-x--x---x---x---|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
where would you be now
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/doobie-bros/5513.html ]
\ (\) \ \ (\) \
|-x---x---x---x---x---x---|
|-x---x---x---x---x---x---|
|-12--12--12--12--12--12--|
|-11--11--11--11--11--11--|
|-13--13--13--13--13--13--|
|-11--11--11--11--11--11--|
1 2 3 4
without looooooooooooooooo-
\ \ \ / \ \ \ / \ / \ / \ \ \ /
|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--|
|-11--11--11--10--10--10--|-10h11-11-11--x-x-x-x--11--11--10--|
|-10--10--10--11--11--11--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--| [x1] The intro part is played 2 times.
|-12--12--12--12--10--10--|-10h12-12-12--x-x-x-x--12--12--10--|
|-10--10--10--10--12--12--|-10----10-10--x-x-x-x--10--10--10--|
|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-x-----x—-x---x-x-x-x--x---x---x---|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
-oooooooooooooooooooooooove
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Verse 2 (0:43), Strum as intro, one line per measure:
You know I saw miss Lucy
down along the tracks
She lost her home and family
and she won't be comin' back
This part is the same as in verse 1:
Without love
where would you be now
Without loooooove
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Verse 3 (1:07), Strum like this, and then mute strings.
Try and make the last part, the G7 chord hit on 1.
\ / \
|-10-10--10----------------|
|-10-10--11----------------|
|-10-10--10----------------| [x4]
|-10-10--12----------------|
|-10-10--10----------------|
|-x--x---x-—---------------|
1 2 3 4
Well the Illinois Central
and the Southern Central Freight
gotta keep on pushin' mama
'cause you know they're running late
And this is the same as before:
Without love
where would you be now
Without love
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C-part: Solo over verse 1 chords, different strumming (listen to song again)
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Verse 3 repeated:
Well the Illinois Central
and the Southern Central Freight
gotta keep on pushin' mama
'cause you know they're running late
Without love
where would you be now
Without love
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Verse 4: Strum hard and without sustain:
\ \ \ \
|-10---10---10---10-10--|
|-10---10---10---10-10--|
|-11---11---11---11-10--|
|-10---10---10---10-10--|
|-12---12---12---12-10--|
|-x----x----x----x--x---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Where the pistons keep on charmin'
and the wheels go round' and round'
And the steel rails are cold and hard
for the miles they go around
And this part is as usual:
Without love
where would you be right now
And here stop playing at all:
Without love
where would you be now?
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Outro: (2:46) Play same as intro.
At (3:14) he does something i can't quite figure out,
but don't play it and no one will notice anyway.
Got to get it baby wont you move it down?
Won't you move it down?
Baby baby baby baby wont you move it down?
When the big train run
and the train is movin' on
I got to keep on movin'
Keep on movin'
Keep on movin'
Gonna keep on movin'
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Chord summary:
G11 Gm7 Cm7 Cm7 D#7 D7
|10| |10| |8 | |8 | |11| |10|
|10| |11| |8 | |8 | |11| |10|
|10| |10| |8 | |8 | |12| |11|
|10| |12| |8 | |8 | |11| |10|
|10| |10| |10| |10| |13| |12|
|x | |x | |8 | |8 | |11| |10|
