Intro
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Verse 1
A                        D 
Sometimes I can hear the sound of heartache coming 
       A                      E 
Like a train running down the tracks 
       A                         D 
Well I hear that engine rolling, mighty horns a-blowin 
A          E         A     A7 
Here comes heartache again 
 
Chorus
D                         A 
Heartache my old familiar friend 
A                               E 
One on whom I know I can always depend 
D                               A 
Heartache you've always held me tight 
           E           A 
So by your side I will ride 
 
Interlude
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Verse 2
  A               D 
I climb onto your lonesome train car 
A                     E 
Riding fast headed up north 
A                                  D 
Leaving the south behind, the wind blows him from my mind 
     A          E               A     A7 
I'm aboard that heartache train again 
 
Chorus
D                         A 
Heartache my old familiar friend 
A                               E 
One of whom I know I can always depend 
D                               A 
Heartache you've always held me tight 
           E           A 
So by your side I will ride 
 
Outro
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