Linda Ronstadt The Blue Train written by Jennifer Kimball Emmylou Harris Tom Kimmel Dolly Parton Linda Ronstadt lead vocals Robbie Buchanan keyboards Mark Casstevens acoustic guitar Dean Parks guitar Ben Keith steel guitar Leland Sklar bass Jim Keltner drums Emmylou Harris background vocals Dolly Parton background vocals G Am C Watching the long faces D G Riding this run down the track Am C And the lost places D Em From a dream that never brings them back D C And the sad truth is D C Nothing but a cold hard fact G I'm riding the blue train Am C D Over the miles yet to cover G Am C A ghost in a hurry to fade D G Am I'm taking it one way to nowhere C D Afraid you might be there Em D C To find me inside this blue train G Am C Counting the burned bridges D G Trailing this rusted wreck Am C As our back pages D Em Scatter in the dust we left D C Like a pearl necklace D C Falling from around my neck G I'm riding the blue train Am C D Over the miles yet to cover G Am C A ghost in a hurry to fade D G Am I'm taking it one way to nowhere C D Afraid you might be there Em D C To find me inside this blue train Am C G Away down the low road C A ticket to an empty road C A rendezvous unknown SOLO G I'm riding the blue train Am C D Over the miles yet to cover G Am C A ghost in a hurry to fade D G Am I'm taking it one way to nowhere C D Afraid you might be there Em D C To find me inside this blue train I'm riding the blue train Am C D Over the miles yet to cover G Am C A ghost in a hurry to fade D G Am I'm taking it one way to nowhere C D Afraid you might be there Em D C G To find me inside this blue train From Linda Ronstadt "Feels Like Home" Elecktra Asylum Records 1995 Colgems-EMI Music/Sweet Angel Music Morrissette Music/Criterion Music(ASCAP) From "Trio II" Asylum Records 1999