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It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry by Mike Bloomfield Al Kooper And Stephen Stills





   It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry 







Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
 
[Intro]
G F (4x)
 
[Verse 1]
F        G                   Gb F
Well, I ride on a mailtrain,
F      C             G F G F
Can't buy me no thrill.
F               G             Gb F
Well, I've been up all night,
F              C          G F G F
Leanin' on the window sill.
F      G           C          D D4
Well, if I die, on top of the hill
G                     Gb F
And if I don't make it,
F            C         G F G F
You know my baby will.
 
[Inst Bridge]
G F C D7
 
[Verse 2]
D          G              Gb F
Don't the moon look good mamma,
F        C                 G F G F
Shinin' through the trees?
F          G                 Gb F
Don't the brakeman look good mamma,
F         C                   G F G F
Flagging down the "Double E"?
F         G                   C             D D4Dsus2
Don't the sun look good goin' down over the sea?
D        G            Gb F
Don't my gal look fine
F          C             G F G F
When she's comin' after me?       ...play it now Stephen...
 
[Guitar Solo]
G Gb F C G G F G F x 2
G C D D4
G Gb F C G G F G F
...Hit it one more time...
 
[Inst Bridge]
G F C D
 
[Verse 2]
D       G              Gb F
Now the wintertime is coming,
F                C                 G F G F
The windows are filled with frost.
F          G              Gb F
I tried to tell everybody,
F      C                 G F G F
But I could not get across.
F       G                            C                   D
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be your boss.
D     G                    Gb F
Don't say I didn't warn you
F         C            G F G F
When your train gets lost.
 
[Outro]
G F
Na na na yeah etc.








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