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Mystery Train – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Junior Parker, Sam Phillips
Released as a single in 1955
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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BASIC PATTERNS
240 bpm
With slapback delay
E E6 E E6 A7 A A7 A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----0-----------|----0-----------| |----3-----0-----|3-----0---------|
B|----------2-----|----------2-----| |----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|
D|----2------(2)--|----2-------2---| |----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|----------------|----------------| |0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E|0-------x-------|0-------x-------| |----------------|----------------|
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[Intro]
| E E6 | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Train I ride, sixteen coaches long
A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Train I ride, sixteen coaches long
B7 A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Well, that long black train got my baby and gone
[Verse 2]
A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Train, train, comin' 'round the bend
A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Train, train, comin' 'round the bend
B7 A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Well, it took my baby, but it never will again, no, not again
[Verse 3]
A7 | E E6 | % | % |
Train, train, comin' down, down the line
A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Train, train, comin' down, down the line
B7 A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Well, it's bringin' my baby 'cause she's mine, all mine, she's mine, all mine
[Solo]
| A7 | % | % | % |
| E | % | % | % |
| B7 | % | A7 | % |
| E E6 | % | % | % |
[Verse 4]
A7 | E E6 | % | % |
Train, train, comin' 'round, 'round the bend, round, 'round the bend
A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Train, train, comin' 'round, 'round the bend, round, 'round the bend
B7 A7 | E E6 | % | % | % |
Well, it took my baby, but it never will again, never will again
[Outro]
| A7 | % | % | % |
| E E6 | % | % | % |
(fade out)