Paul Simon - Train In The Distance

Like so many of Paul Simon's works, the technique of each proves extremely difficult. 
I attempted a chorded version of this song after listening to the acoustic demo
available on the Hearts & Bones record.

Hope you enjoy...

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Chords:  (Low E-String dropped to D)

        DADGBe		     DADGBe               DADGBe
D:	000232 	   F#m:      042200	A11:      009000
D9:	000210	   Am/C:     032210 	G6:	  554030 
D6:	000430	   B7:	     021200     D/F#:	  400200
Dmaj9:	000220	   Em:	     022000	Cmaj9:	  032400
Bm7:    024232     Bb/A7:    x12320     B11:	  004200
F:      x33210     C:        x32010     Bb:       x12221
Open:   000000

Intro: D  D9  D6  Dmaj9  D (x2)

Verse One:

D (xx0232@1)    F#m (244222@1)    Am/C (032210@1)                   B7 (x21202@1)            
She was beautiful as Southern skies, the night he met her, 
Em (022000@1)               A11she (x00000@1)was married to someone...
D (xx0232@1)    F#m (244222@1)    Am/C (032210@1)                   B7 (x21202@1) 
He was doggedly determined that he would get her, 
Em (022000@1)                D6 (xx04xx@1) G6she (320000@1)was old, he was young...
D (xx0232@1)      D9             D6 (xx04xx@1)                  G6 (320000@1) D/F#From (200232@1)time to time he'd tip his heart, but each time she withdrew,
D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1)          Am/C (032210@1)      B7 (x21202@1)           
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance, 
Em (022000@1)                 D6 (xx04xx@1)G6 (320000@1)DEverybody (xx0232@1)thinks it's true 

Verse Two:

D (xx0232@1)  F#m (244222@1)         Am/C (032210@1)                B7 (x21202@1)
Well eventually the boy and the girl get married, 
Em (022000@1)                   A11Sure (x00000@1)enough they have a son...
D (xx0232@1)             F#m (244222@1)    Am/C (032210@1)              B7 (x21202@1)
And though they both were occupied, with the child she carried, 
Em (022000@1)             D6 (xx04xx@1) G6Disagreements (320000@1)had begun...
D (xx0232@1)    D9          D6 (xx04xx@1)              G6 (320000@1) D/F#And (200232@1)in a while they fell apart, It wasn't hard to do, 
D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1)          Am/C (032210@1)      B7 (x21202@1) 
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance,
Em (022000@1)                 D6 (xx04xx@1)G6 (320000@1)DEverybody (xx0232@1)thinks it's true...

Bridge:

Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)          Bm7 (x20202@1)      Bb/A7                  B11Two (x22222@1)disappointed believers, two people playing the game
G6 (320000@1)           D/F# (200232@1)           F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)       (Open)	
Negotiations and love songs are often mistaken for one and the same

Verse Three:

D (xx0232@1)   F#m (244222@1)        Am/C (032210@1)           B7 (x21202@1)
Now the man and the woman remain in contact, 
Em (022000@1)                    A11let (x00000@1)us say it's for the child...
D (xx0232@1)  F#m (244222@1)                   Am/C (032210@1)                 B7 (x21202@1)
With disagreements about the meaning, of a marriage contract, 
Em (022000@1)          D6 (xx04xx@1)     G6Conversations (320000@1)hard and wild...
         D (xx0232@1) D9                D6 (xx04xx@1)                G6 (320000@1) D/F#But (200232@1)from time to time, he makes her laugh, she cooks a meal or two
D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1)          Am/C (032210@1)      B7 (x21202@1) 
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance,
Em (022000@1)                 D6 (xx04xx@1)G6 (320000@1)DEverybody (xx0232@1)thinks it's true...
D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1)          Am/C (032210@1)      B7 (x21202@1) 
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance,
Em (022000@1)                 D6 (xx04xx@1)G6 (320000@1)DEverybody (xx0232@1)thinks it's true...

Bridge:

Cmaj9 (x3243x@1)                  Bm7 (x20202@1)   Bb/A7            B11What (x22222@1)is the point of this story, what information pertain,
G6 (320000@1)                          D/F# (200232@1)     
The thought that life could be better,
   F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)           (Open)	
Is woven indelibly, into our hearts, and our brains...

Outro: D  D9  D6  Dmaj9  D (x2)

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