Capo on fret 1 
Intro: G5 B5 C5 E5 D5 

Verses: G5 B5 C5 E5 D5 
G5 
Telegram arrived today 
B5 
well it's time to catch the Monterey 
       C5 
coz the man i wed he waits for me 
        E5                    D5 
and the daughter that he's yet to see 

US navy beamed its message 
"will deliver brides on a one way passage" 
it made big news across the nation 
the Bridal Train leaves from Perth station 

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C5               D5 
All the girls around Australia 
G5            E5 
married to a Yankee sailor 
C5 
the fare is paid across the sea 
      E5                         D5 
to the home of the brave and the land of the free 

C5                       D5 
From west to east the young girls came 
G5               E5 
all aboard the Bridal Train 
C5 
it was a farewell crossing over land 
                       D5      G5 
she's gone to meet her sailor man 
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No time for sad goodbyes 
she held her mother as she cried 
and then waited there in the Freo rain 
to climb aboard the Bridal Train 

well She was holding her future in her hands 
a faded photo of a man 
catch a sailor if you can 
the war bride leaves her southern land 

Chorus 

guitar solo (sorry guys i cant tab this)

This is the story of those starry nights 
through desert plains and city lights 
through burning sun and driving rain 
she wept aboard the Bridal Train 

Chorus