Intro:
Eb Fm/Eb    Bb/Eb 
Ab/Eb       Eb
Fm/Eb       Eb 
Ab/Eb Ab/Bb Eb
 
1st Verse:
               Eb
When your good nights have been said 

And you're lying in bed 
         Ab
With the covers pulled up tight 
               Eb
And though you count every sheep 

You get the feeling that sleep 
            Ab
Is going to stay away tonight. 
Gm                      Fm
That's when you hear it coming
Gm                        Fm
That's when you hear the humming of the 

Chorus:
Eb        Fm/Eb    Bb/Eb 
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
        Ab/Eb        Eb  
Are you real, yes or no?
Fm/Eb              Eb  
Starlight Express, answer me yes. 
Ab           Ab/Bb  Eb 
I don't want you to go.

2nd Verse:
            Eb 
Want you to take me away 

But bring me home before daylight 
    Ab
And in the time between 
           Eb
Take me to everywhere 

But don't abandon me there 
    Ab
Just want to say I've been. 
Gm               Fm
I believe in you completely 
         Gm              Fm
Though I may be dreaming sweetly 
      Eb
I can hear the train 
Ab/Eb Eb
Here again
Fm    Gm           Ab       
Can't explain that midnight train
Fm            Fm7/Bb
That midnight train

Chorus:
Eb        Fm/Eb    Bb/Eb 
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
        Ab/Eb        Eb  
Are you real, yes or no?
Fm/Eb              Eb  
Starlight Express, answer me yes. 
Ab           Ab/Bb  Eb 
I don't want you to go.
    
Bridge:
    Ab        Eb 
And if you're there
    Ab     Eb 
And if you know
     Fm      Gm
Then show me which way 
Ab       Fm7/Bb
I should go. 

Chorus:
Eb        Fm/Eb    Bb/Eb 
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
        Ab/Eb        Eb  
Are you real, yes or no?
Fm/Eb              Eb  
Starlight Express, answer me yes. 
Ab           Ab/Bb  Eb 
I don't want you to go.