About The Song
“Hear My Train A Comin'” (alternatively titled “Get My Heart Back Together”) is a blues-based song written by Jimi Hendrix. Lyrically, it was inspired by earlier American spirituals and blues songs which use a train metaphor to represent salvation. Hendrix recorded the song in live, studio, and impromptu settings several times between 1967 and 1970, but never completed it to his satisfaction.
The documentary film Experience (1968) features the only version released during Hendrix’s lifetime. Hendrix played the song solo as an acoustic guitar country-style blues and it is considered one of his most memorable performances. In 1973, it was included in the film Jimi Hendrix and the accompanying soundtrack album. The song was also released as a single in the UK.
Hendrix often played “Hear My Train A Comin'” in concert using a blues rock arrangement with accompaniment. He developed it into an extended improvisational guitar piece comparable to “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”. There are several live performances in release; according to music critics, the 1970 recording from the Berkeley Community Theatre is considered the definitive version.
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[Chorus]
Well, I hear my train a comin’
Hear my
Hear my train a comin’[Interlude]
Ayy ayy ayy yeah-eah[Verse]
Well, I
Wait around the train station
Waitin’ for that train
Take me, take me
Take me away
From this
Lonesome town
Lonesome town
Too bad you don’t love me no more, girl
Too bad your people put me down
Hey, hey, hey[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 2]
Tears burnin’ me
Tears burnin’ me in my eyes
Way down
Way down in my soul
Tears burnin’ me way down in my heart
Yeah
Too bad you don’t love me no more, girl
Too bad you and me had to part
Had to part[Chorus]
Well, I hear my train a comin’
Hear my train a comin’
Hear my train a comin’
Hear my train a comin’[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
Well, I hear my train a comin’
Hear my train a comin’