Verse 1
  G 
Grab your ticket and your suitcase 
           C 
Thunder's rolling down this track 
           G 
Well, you don't know where you're going now 
          C 
But you know you won't be back 
       D 
Well, darling if you're weary 
          C 
Lay your head upon my chest 
       D               C 
We'll take what we can carry 
       D 
Yeah, and we'll leave the rest 
  
Chorus
 G                        C 
Big wheels roll through fields 
                Em 
Where sunlight streams 
 D                             G 
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams 
 
Verse 2
 G 
Well, I will provide for you 
      C 
And I'll stand by your side 
        G 
You'll need a good companion now 
      C 
For this part of the ride 
 D 
Leave behind your sorrows 
     C 
Let this day be the last 
  D                   C 
Tomorrow there'll be sunshine 
     D 
And all this darkness past 
 
Chorus
 G                        C 
Big wheels roll through fields 
                Em 
Where sunlight streams 
 D                             G 
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams 
 
Bridge
Em 
This train carries saints and sinners 
D 
This train carries losers and winners 
G 
This train carries whores and gamblers 
C 
This train carries lost souls 
       Em 
I said this train dreams will not be thwarted 
D 
This train faith will be rewarded 
G 
This train, hear the steel wheels singing 
C 
This train, bells of freedom ringing 
 
Saxophone solo
 
Verse3
     Em 
Yes, this train carries saints and sinners 
D 
This train carries losers and winners 
G 
This train carries whores and gamblers 
C 
This train carries lost souls 
        Em 
I said, this train carries broken-hearted 
D 
This train, thieves and sweet souls departed 
G 
This train carries fools and kings 
C 
This train, all aboard 
            Em 
I said, now this train, dreams will not be thwarted 
D 
This train, faith will be rewarded 
G 
This train, the steel wheels singing 
C 
This train, bells of freedom ringing