Stop This Train

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

(Melody)
4 4 -4 -4 4
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6
6 6 6 6 -6
-4 -4 -4 -4 -4
-2 -2 -4 -4 4
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6
6 6 6 6 -6
-4 -4 -4 -4 -4

-6  -6  -6   7  7   6 -5
No I'm not color blind
-6  -6   -6    7    6    -5    -5    5
I know the world is black and white
-6  -6   -6   -6   7  7    6    -5
Try to keep an open mind but...
-6  -6  -6    7    6    -5    -5  5   (-5)
I just can't sleep on this tonight

(Chorus)
  5    -4    -4    4    5   -5   5   -4    4   4    4    5   -4
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again
4   5    -5    5    -4    5 4    4  5    -4
I can't take the speed it's moving in
4   5   5   -4
I know I can't
 5    5  -4  -4   -4    -4   4    -2    -2    4
But honestly won't someone stop this train

(Melody)

  -6    -6    -6    7    7    6    -5,   -6    -6    -6   7    6    -5   -5  5
Don't know how else to say it, don't want to see my parents go
 -6    -6 -6  6  6    -5    -5   5
One generation's length away
  5    6    -6    -6    6    6    5    5  (-5)
From fighting life out on my own

(Chorus)

(Melody)

-6    -6    -6    7   7   -7  -6
So scared of getting older
-6  7 -7  -6 -7  -6  -4 -4   4    
I'm only good at being young
4  -6  -6  -6    6   6    -5    4    6    -6  -6    6   -5    4    6    -5    -5    6   5
So I play the numbers game to find away to say that life has just begun
-6   -6   -6   -6    7    7    -8
Had a talk with my old man
  6    -6    -6    7    7   -8
Said help me understand
 7    7    7    -8   8    8,    8    -9  8 -8  7 -6
He said turn sixty eight, you'll renegotiate
   8     8     -8     -8
Don't stop this train
  8   -9    8    9   8    -8  8    -6    7    8    -8
Don't for a minute change the place you're in
  8    -9    8    9   8    8  -6    7   8   -8
Don't think I couldn't ever understand
8   8    8   -8
I tried my hand
   8,    8  -8  -8   -8   -8  7    -6    -6    7
John, honestly we'll never stop this train

 6    -6    6  -6   -7    -6    -7    7
See once in a while when it's good
7 7  -8    7   -8    -6
It'll feel like it should
  6    -6    -7    -6    -7   7
And they're all still around
 7    7    -8    -7    -6    -8
And you're still safe and sound
 7    -8    7 -8    7   -8  7 -8
And you don't miss a thing
-8   -8   -8    8    -9    8   -8    6   -5    5    4    4
'til you cry when you're driving away in the dark.

 -4   4    -3    -2    -2   3    -3   4   -3  -2   -3   3    3    -3  -2
Singing stop this train I want to get off and go home again
3   -3    4    -3    -2    -3  3    3 -3  -2
I can't take this speed it's moving in
-3  -3  -2  -2
I know I can't
  -3    -3    4  -2  -3   4 -3    -2    3    3
Cause now I see I'll never stop this train