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Intro:
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Verse 1:
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I lost everything I had in the '29 flood
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The barn was buried 'neath a mile of mud
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Now I've got nothing but the whistle and the steam
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My baby's leaving on the 2:19
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Now there's a fellow that's preaching 'bout hell and damnation
Fm7 Cm7
Bouncing off the walls in the Grand Central Station
Fm7 Fm7
I treated her bad, I treated her mean
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My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7 Fm7
I said hey, hey, I don't know what to do
Fm7 Cm7
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Fm7 Bbm7
Hey, hey, I don't know what to do
Fm7 Fm7
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Verse 2:
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Now I've always been puzzled by the yin and the yang
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Come out in the wash, but it always leaves a stain
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Sturm and Drang, the luster and the sheen
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My baby's leaving on the 2:19
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Toss the baby with the water, and the preacher stole the bride
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Sent her out for a bottle, but when she came back inside
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Didn't have my whiskey, she didn't have my gin
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But a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin
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Hey, hey, I don't know what to do
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Hey, hey, I will remember you
Fm7 Bb Bb
Hey, hey, I don't know what to do
Fm Fm7 Cm7
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Instrumental
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Fm7 Fm Fm7 Cm
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Verse 3:
Fm7 Fm
On the train you get smaller, as you get further away
Fm7 Cm
The roar covers everything you wanted to say
Cm Fm7 Fm7 Bb
Was that a raindrop in the corner of your eye?
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Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye?
Fm7 Fm
I said hey, hey, I will remember you
Fm7 Fm
Hey, hey,
Cm7
I don't know what to do
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Hey, hey, I will remember you
Fm
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7 Fm
I said, Hey hey, I don't know what to do
Fm7
Hey, hey,
Fm
I will remember you
Fm7
Hey, hey,
Fm
I don't know what to do
Fm Fm
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7
I said hey, hey,
Fm
I don't know what to do
Fm
Hey, hey,
Fm
I will remember you
Fm7
Hey, hey,
Bbm
I don't know what to do
Fm Fm
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Outro:
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I said, hey
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Fm7 Fm Fm Cm
Fm7 Bb Fm7 Fm
Fm7 Fm Fm7 Cm
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Fm7 Fm Fm Fm
Fm7 Bb Bbm Bb
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Bb7 Bb Bbm Fm
Fm Fm Fm Cm
Fm Fm Bb Bb Fm
Fm Fm Fm Cm
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