...DOWNTOWN TRAIN... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Eb)


Intro:

D, G  A (x2)

Verse 1:

D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)Outside, a-nother yellow moon,
              G (320003@1)         AHas (x02220@1)punched a hole in the night-time, yes.
D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)I climb through the window and down to the street,
    G (320003@1)            AI'm (x02220@1)shining like a new dime.

Bridge 1:

G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)The downtown trains are full,
G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)With all of those Brooklyn girls.
G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1)They try so hard to break out of their little worlds.

Verse 2:

D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)Well, you wave your hand and they scatter like crows,
          G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)                DThey (xx0232@1)have nothing that will ever capture your heart.
G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)They're just thorns, without the rose;
   G (320003@1)        ABe (x02220@1)careful of them in the dark.

Bridge 2:

G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)Oh, if I was the one,
G (320003@1)                        A (x02220@1)You chose to be your only one.
         G (320003@1)                   AOh (x02220@1)baby, can't you hear me now? Can't you hear me now?

Chorus 1:

D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)Will I see you to-night,
D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)On a downtown train?
D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)                      Em (022000@1)Every night it's just the same;
A (x02220@1)You leave me lonely, now.

Verse 3:

D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)I know your window and I know it's late,
            G (320003@1)             AI (x02220@1)know your stairs and your doorway.
D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)I walk down your street and past your gate,
               G (320003@1)          AI (x02220@1)stand by the light at the four-way.

Bridge 3:

G (320003@1)                     A (x02220@1)You watch them as they fall,
   G (320003@1)                       AOh (x02220@1)baby, they all have heart-attacks.
     G (320003@1)                              AThey (x02220@1)stay at the carnival but they'll never win you back.

Chorus 2:

D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)Will I see you to-night,
D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)On a downtown train?
      D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)                             EmWhere (022000@1)every night, every night, it's just the same.
A (x02220@1)Oh baby...

D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)Will I see you to-night,
D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)On a downtown train?
D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)                    Em (022000@1)All of my dreams, they fall like rain,
   AOh (x02220@1)baby, on a downtown train.

Interlude:

D (xx0232@1)G, D (xx0232@1)A, D (xx0232@1)G, A(x2) (x02220@1)
Chorus 3:

D (xx0232@1)Will I see you,
   G (320003@1)    ATo-night, (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)On a downtown train?
      D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)                             EmWhere (022000@1)every night, every night, it's just the same.
A (x02220@1)Oh baby...

D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)Will I see you to-night,
D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)On a downtown train?
D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)                    Em (022000@1)All of my dreams, they fall like rain,
   AOh (x02220@1)baby, on a downtown train.

Coda:

D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)  All on a downtown train,
D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)  All on a downtown train.
D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)  All on a downtown train,
G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)A downtown train.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)     Em (022000@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  320003  x02220  022000


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)