The Window

Intro 
G   D  G 


 
        Em             D        G 
I could hear the train sizzling down the tracks 
                                 C 
From the window where I spent my youth 
      Em          D     G 
Yeah, filled with empty promises 
                           C 
Piled high, full of broken truth 
      Em     D       G 
She's headed for the Promised Land 
                              C 
A mile and a half of twisting steel 
      Em       D        G 
Yeah, built on lies and dollar signs 
                                  C 
Good strong backs, and ground cornmeal 
 

 
       D 
Broken bodies, broken system 
       C                G 
Broken families, broken hearts 
        D 
Another day, another dollar 
        C                G 
Another trip down in the dark 
                Em  D    G 
And it's always one step forward 
C              G 
 And two steps back 
        Em        D     C 
Money's green and coal is black 
        Am 
And you can't get family back 
 

Interlude 
G    D G 


 
       Em        D     G 
It was real good for a little while 
                                 C 
Yeah, the company dollar kept us fed 
Em  D        G 
Overtime and blood and sweat 
                     C 
Kept a roof over our head 
     Em       D       G 
That train is getting lighter now 
                               C 
It don't whine like it used to do 
        Em        D      G 
And the bills are piling up these days 
                          C 
Black lung never did come through 
 

 
       D 
Broken bodies, broken system 
       C                G 
Broken families, broken hearts 
        D 
Another day, another dollar 
        C                G 
Another trip down in the dark 
                Em  D    G 
And it's always one step forward 
C              G 
 And two steps back 
        Em        D     C 
Money's green and coal is black 
        Am 
And you can't get family back  


Instrumental
G    D G    D G 


 
    Em       D      G 
And now that I'm an older man 
                       C 
My hair is fading into gray 
          Em      D      G 
Yeah, the depot's just a graveyard now 
                       C 
Tombstone of our yesterday 
 

 
       D 
Broken bodies, broken system 
       C                G 
Broken families, broken hearts 
        D 
Another day, another dollar 
        C                G 
Another trip down in the dark 
                Em  D    G 
And it's always one step forward 
C              G 
 And two steps back 
        Em        D     C 
Money's green and coal is black 
        Am               G 
And you can't get family back 
 

Outro 
G    D G