• Song:

    Train Song

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

  • Album:

    Frank's Wild Years

Capo First Fret

C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)        CWell (x32010@1)I broke down in East Saint Louis
       Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)  COn (x32010@1)the Kansas City line
      C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)    Amand (x02210@1)I drunk up all my money
       D7 (xx0212@1)           G7that (320001@1)I borrowed every time

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)    Cand (x32010@1)I fell down at the derby
            Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)        Cand (x32010@1)now the night's black as a crow
         C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)      AmIt (x02210@1)was a train that took me away from here
      D7 (xx0212@1)        G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
but a train can't bring me home

C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)       CWhat (x32010@1)made my dreams so hollow
      Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)          CI (x32010@1)was standing there at the depot
       C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)     Amwith (x02210@1)a steeple full of swallows
           D7 (xx0212@1)           G7that (320001@1)could never ring the bell

C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)            Cand (x32010@1)I come ten thousand miles away
     Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)      Cwith (x32010@1)not one thing to show
              C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)      Amwell (x02210@1)it was a train that took me away from here
      D7 (xx0212@1)        G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)Cbut (x32010@1)a train can't bring me home

Interlude:  Am (x02210@1)name="chord_133211@1">F - C- (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F - C- (x32010@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_131241@1">F7 - D (xx0232@1)name="chord_133211@1">F - D (xx0232@1)name="chord_133211@1">F - G7 (320001@1)C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    CI (x32010@1)remember when I left
        Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    Cwithout (x32010@1)bothering to pack
    C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)    Amyou (x02210@1)know I up and left with
                D7 (xx0212@1)                G7nothin' (320001@1)but the clothes I had on my back

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)       Cnow (x32010@1)I'm sorry for what I've done
        Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)   Cand (x32010@1)I'm out here on my own
              C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)      Amwell (x02210@1)it was a train that took me away from
           D7 (xx0212@1)        G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1) Chere (x32010@1)but a train can't bring me home 
                  C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)      Am (x02210@1)      
it must've been a train that took me away from here
      D7 (xx0212@1)       G7 (320001@1)                         C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)Cbut (x32010@1)a train can't bring me ... can't bring me home

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