D Em
While riding on a train goinʼ west
G A
I feel asleep for take my a rest
D G D
I dreamed a dream that made me sad
A G D
Concerning myself and the first few friend that I had.
Em
With half-damp eyes I stared to the room
G A
Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon
D G D
Where we together weathered many a storm
A G D
Laughinʼ and singing ʼtill the early hours of the mornʼ.
Em
By the old wooden stove where our hats was hung
G A
Our words were told, our songs were sung
D G D
Where we longed for nothinʼ and were quite satisfied
A G D
Talking and a-joking about the world outside.
Em
With haunted hearts through the heat and cold
G A
We never thought we could ever get old
A G D
We thought we could sit forever in fun
A G D
But our chances really was a million to one.
Em
As easy it was to tell black from white
G A
It was all that easy to tell wrong from right
D G D
And our choices they were few and the thought never hit
A D D
That the one road we travelled would ever shatter and split.
Em
How many a year has passed and gone
G A
Many a gamble has been lost and won
D G D
And many a road taken by many a first friend
A G D
And each one Iʼve never seen again.
Em
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
G A
That we could sit simply in that room again
D G D
Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat
A G D
Iʼd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that.
