Train In The Distance Words & music By Paul Simon 1981 Eb Bb/D |Bbm/Db She was beautiful as Southern skies C7 | | The night he met her Fm7 |Bb9 | She was married to someone Eb Bb/D |Bbm/Db C | He was doggedly determined that he would get her Fm7 |Ab/Eb Eb| He was old, he was young |Db/Eb | From time to time he'd tip his heart Ab/Eb |Ab |Ebmaj7/G | But each time she withdrew Eb |Db/Eb | Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb |Ebm7 | Everybody thinks it's true Eb |Db/Eb | Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb |Ebm7 |Eb |Db/Eb |Ab/Eb |Ebm7 | Everybody thinks it's true Eb Bb/D |Bbm/Db C7 | | Well eventually the boy and the girl get married Fm7 |Bb9 | Sure enough they have a son Eb Bb/D |Bbm/Db C | And though they both were occupied with the child she carried Fm7 |Ab/Eb Eb| Disagreements had begun |Db/Eb | And in a while they fell apart Ab/Eb |Ab |Ebmaj7/G | It wasn't hard to do Eb |Db/Eb | Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb |Ebm7 | Everybody thinks it's true Eb |Db/Eb | Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb |Eb | Everybody thinks it's true Dbmaj9 |Cm7 | Two disappointed believers Bdim |Cm7/Bb | Two people playing the game Ab |Eb/G Negotiations and love songs |Gb |Db/F |Cb |Bb11 | | Are often mistaken for one and the same Eb Bb/D |Bbm/Db C7 | | Now the man and the woman remain in contact Fm7 |Bb9 | Let us say it's for the child Eb Bb/D |Bbm/Db With disagreements about the meaning C | Of a marriage contract Fm7 |Ab/Eb Eb| Conversations hard and wild But from time to time |Db/Eb | He makes her laugh Ab/Eb |Ab |Ebmaj7/G | She cooks a meal or two Eb |Db/Eb | Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb |Ebm7 | Everybody thinks it's true Eb |Db/Eb | Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb |Eb | Everybody thinks it's true Dbmaj9 |Cm7 | What is the point of this story Bdim |Cm7/Bb | What information pertains Ab |Eb/G The thought that life could be better |Gb |Db/F | Is woven indelibly Cb |Bb11 | |Bb11 |Eb |Db/Eb | Into our hearts and our brains Ab/Eb |Ebm7 | (Like a train in the distance) Repeat and fade: Eb |Db/Eb |Ab/Eb |Ebm7 |
