Heartbreak Express
Dolly Parton
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Tom : C
C F C
Packing my suitcase writing a tearstained goodbye note
F G7 C
Staying so long to a love gone wrong and that's all she wrote
F C F
Leaving behind what once was mine with sad re-gr-ets
C G7 C
But it's all gone now and I'm leaving town on my heartbreak express
F C
Walking in the rain with a heart full of pain to the train depot
F G7 C
The only thing that's gonna keep me warm now is my overcoat
F C F
Lost and lonely waiting in line at the ticket d-e-sk
C G7 C
Hey Mr. would you give me a one-way ticket on my heartbreak express
F C
I'm gonna roll on down the line
D7 G7
I'm gonna go so far I'm gonna get it off my mind
F C F
It hurts to know it ain't enough when you give your b-e-st
C G7 C
Get a ticket to ride and I'm leaving tonight on my heartbreak express
F C
Oh I couldn't hold a candle to the flaming beauty that caught his eye
F G7 C
It's killing me now but I won't stay around and let him watch me die
F C F
Oh it just goes to show that you never do know cause I never would've gue-ssed
C G7 C
I'd be sitting here now on a train sorrow bound called the Heartbreak Express
F C
I'm gonna roll on down the line
D7 G7
I'm gonna go so far I'm gonna get it off my mind
F C F
Maybe someday somewhere someway I will for-get
C G7 C
But there's no going back so roll on down my track you old heartbreak express
G7 C
Feeling alone while a low whistle moans on the heartbreak express
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