...ZION TRAIN... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Uprising' (1980)*
Intro:
Am G, Am F
Am G, E
Chorus 1:
Am G Am F
Zion train is coming our way,
Am G Am F
Zion train is coming our way.
Am G
Oh, people, get on board,
Am F7
(You better get on board),
Am G
Thank the Lord,
Am F
(Praise Far I).
Verse 1:
Am
I gotta catch a train,
'Cos there's no,
G Am F
Other station;
Am
Then you going,
G Am F7
In the same direction.
Chorus 2:
Am G Am F
Zion train is coming our way,
Am G Am F
Zion train is coming our way.
Verse 2:
Am
Which man can save,
G
His brother's soul?
Am F7
(Save your brother's soul),
Am
Oh man, it's just,
G Am F7
Self control.
Am
Don't gain the world,
G
And lose your soul,
Am F7
(Just don't lose your soul),
Am
Wisdom is better,
G Am
Than silver and gold.
F
To the bridge...
Bridge 1:
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F G
Oh, where there's a will,
F G
There's always a way.
F G
Where there's a will,
F G
There's always a way,
(Way, way, way, way).
Chorus 3:
Am G Am F
Zion train is coming our way,
Am G Am F
Zion train is coming our way.
Verse 3:
Am G Am
Two thousand years of history,
F7
(Histo-ry),
Am G Am F
Could not be wiped away so easily.
Am G Am
Two thousand years of history,
Am F7
(Black history),
Am G
Could not be wiped so easily,
Am F7
(Could not be wiped so easily).
Oh, children:
Chorus 4:
Am G Am F
Zion train is coming our way,
Am
Get on board now!
Am
They said the Zion train,
G Am
Is comin' our way,
Am F
You got a ticket so thank the Lord!
Coda:
Am G
Zion's train is,
Am F
Zion's train is.
Am G
Zion's train is,
Am F7
Zion's train.
Am
They said the soul train,
G Am
Is coming our way;
Am
They said the soul train,
G Am
Is coming our way.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am G F E F7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
