• Song:

    Cheryls Going Home

  • Artist:

    John Otway

Cheryl's Going Home by John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett

D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)                             D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  AThe (x02220@1)thunder cracks against the night,
D (xx0232@1)                             D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  AThe (x02220@1)dark explodes with a yellow light,
D (xx0232@1)                           D (xx0232@1)The railroad sign is flashing bright,
D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1) AThe (x02220@1)people stare but I don't care,
G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)                       GMy (320003@1)flesh is cold against my bones, and Cheryl's going home

D (xx0232@1)                             D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  ACan (x02220@1)you hear me shouting in the rain?
D (xx0232@1)                             D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  AIs (x02220@1)there a way to stop the train?
D (xx0232@1)                             D (xx0232@1)     D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)AI've (x02220@1)got some reasons to explain,      about the way I was today
G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)                      GThe (320003@1)whistle moans and I'm alone, and Cheryl's going home

D (xx0232@1)                            D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  ASend (x02220@1)a roving special down the line,
D (xx0232@1)                       D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  AI'm (x02220@1)running desperately behind,
D (xx0232@1)                          D (xx0232@1)There's only one thing on my mind,
D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  AAs (x02220@1)the rain and tears are in my eyes,
    G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)                     GThe (320003@1)things I have to say will not be known, and Cheryl's going home

            G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)              CShe's (x32010@1)going home tonight ok, I'm running down the train tracks,
G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)                CLost (x32010@1)because she's gone away, oh yeah, Cheryl baby I love you
    G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)all the things you've ever done for me that's true.
       G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)          CThen (x32010@1)I see that look in your eyes, my God I'm sad now, paralysed
G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)                 CYou're (x32010@1)going away, I'd hope you were gonna say
       G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                CI'm (x32010@1)so sad you're going away, 'cause that train, that bloody train
         G (320003@1)                                        CIs (x32010@1)going chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff down the track,
           G (320003@1)                                        CIt's (x32010@1)going chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff down the track,
    G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)Cheryl is going home, Cheryl is going home, Cheryl is going home tonight

D (xx0232@1)                             D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                              D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)AThe (x02220@1)thunder cracks against the night,  the dark explodes with a yellow light
D (xx0232@1)                           D (xx0232@1)     D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)AThe (x02220@1)railroad sign is flashing bright, the people stare but I don't care
G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)                               GMy (320003@1)flesh is cold against my bones, and darling Cheryl's going home


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