Train In The Distance
Words & music By Paul Simon 1981



Eb (x43121@3)       Bb/D (x1033x@1)      |Bbm/Db        
   She was beautiful as Southern skies

C7 (x32310@1)          |       |
  The night he met her

Fm7 (131141@1)                     |Bb9 |
    She was married to someone

Eb (x43121@3)      Bb/D (x1033x@1)    |Bbm/Db                 C (x32010@1)    |
   He was doggedly determined that he would get her

Fm7 (131141@1)                 |Ab/Eb Eb|
    He was old, he was young

                       |Db/Eb        |
 From time to time he'd tip his heart

Ab/Eb                      |Ab  |Ebmaj7/G |
      But each time she withdrew

Eb (x43121@3)                  |Db/Eb                           |
   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Ab/Eb                      |Ebm7 |
      Everybody thinks it's true

Eb (x43121@3)                  |Db/Eb                           |
   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Ab/Eb                      |Ebm7 |Eb |Db/Eb |Ab/Eb |Ebm7 |
      Everybody thinks it's true










Eb (x43121@3)     Bb/D (x1033x@1)       |Bbm/Db      C7 (x32310@1)    |       |
   Well eventually the boy and the girl get married

Fm7 (131141@1)                      |Bb9 |
    Sure enough they have a son

Eb (x43121@3)               Bb/D (x1033x@1)       |Bbm/Db                  C (x32010@1)    |
   And though they both were occupied with the child she carried

Fm7 (131141@1)                  |Ab/Eb Eb|
    Disagreements had begun

                    |Db/Eb           |
 And in a while they       fell apart

Ab/Eb                  |Ab |Ebmaj7/G |
      It wasn't hard to do

Eb (x43121@3)                  |Db/Eb                           |
   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Ab/Eb                      |Ebm7 |
      Everybody thinks it's true

Eb (x43121@3)                  |Db/Eb                           |
   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Ab/Eb                      |Eb  |
      Everybody thinks it's true

Dbmaj9 (x4354x@1)                 |Cm7    |
       Two disappointed believers

Bdim (1201xx@1)                     |Cm7/Bb |
     Two people playing the game

Ab (xx1114@1)               |Eb/G
   Negotiations and love songs

   |Gb      |Db/F     |Cb            |Bb11 |  |
Are often mistaken for    one and the same


Eb (x43121@3)       Bb/D (x1033x@1)     |Bbm/Db  C7 (x32310@1)   |       |
   Now the man and the woman remain in contact

Fm7 (131141@1)                      |Bb9  |
    Let us say it's for the child

Eb (x43121@3)        Bb/D (x1033x@1)             |Bbm/Db  
   With disagreements about the meaning

              C (x32010@1)     |
Of a marriage contract

Fm7 (131141@1)                     |Ab/Eb Eb|
    Conversations hard and wild

                
But from time to time

  |Db/Eb          |
He makes her laugh

Ab/Eb                    |Ab |Ebmaj7/G |
      She cooks a meal or two


Eb (x43121@3)                  |Db/Eb                           |
   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Ab/Eb                      |Ebm7 |
      Everybody thinks it's true

Eb (x43121@3)                  |Db/Eb                           |
   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Ab/Eb                      |Eb  |
      Everybody thinks it's true


Dbmaj9 (x4354x@1)                        |Cm7  |
       What is the point of this story

Bdim (1201xx@1)                  |Cm7/Bb |
     What information pertains

Ab (xx1114@1)                             |Eb/G
   The thought that life could be better

  |Gb     |Db/F   |
Is woven indelibly

Cb (x2444x@1)       |Bb11  |  |Bb11        |Eb    |Db/Eb |
   Into our hearts         and our brains

Ab/Eb        |Ebm7                  |
      (Like a train in the distance)


Repeat and fade:

Eb |Db/Eb |Ab/Eb |Ebm7 |