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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