Bridal Train
The Waifs
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Transcribed by danielson2662@hotmail.com Capo on 1 When going from G to Em use a passing chord = E (fret 3) E then EmG A Telegram arrived today,Em well its time to catch the MonterayC Cause the man I wed he waits for meEM D and a daughter that he's yet to seeG US Navy beamed its message,Em will deliver brides on a one way passageC it made big news across the nationEm the bridal train leaves from Perth StationC D All the girls around AustraliaG Em Married to a Yankee SailorC The fare is paid across the sea to the home of the brave and theD G land of the freeC D From west to east the young girls cameG Em all aboard the bridal trainContinues after the adC it was a farewell crossing over landD G she's gone to meet her sailor manG No time for sad goodbyes,Em well she held her mother as she criedC and then waited there in the Freo Rain,Em D to climb aboard the bridal trainG well she was holding her future in her handEm yeah the faded photo of her manC catch a sailor if you canEm D the war bride leaves a southern land All the girls around Australia Married to a Yankee Sailor The fare is paid across the sea to the home of the brave and the land of the free From west to east the young girls came all aboard the bridal train it was a farewell crossing over land she's gone to meet her sailor man InstrumentalG Now this is the story of those starry nightsEm through desert plains and city lightsC through burning sun and driving rainEm D they wept aboard the bridal train All the girls around Australia Married to a Yankee Sailor The fare is paid across the sea to the home of the brave and the land of the free From west to east the young girls came all aboard the bridal train it was a farewell crossing over landG she's gone to meet her sailor man