Train Song

Tom Waits

  • Am
  • C
  • D7
  • F
  • F/C
  • G7
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Key:
C F Well I broke down in East Saint
C Louis
Am F C On the Kansas City line
C F Am and I drunk up all my money
D7 G7 that I borrowed every time
C F C and I fell down at the derby
Am F C and now the night's black as a crow
C F Am It was a train that took me away from here
D7 G7 C but a train can't bring me home
F/C C
C F C What made my dreams so hollow
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Am F C I was standing there at the depot
C F Am with a steeple full of swallows
D7 G7 that could never ring the bell
C F C and I come ten thousand miles away
Am F C with not one thing to show
C F well it was a train that took me
Am away from here
D7 G7 C but a train can't bring me home
F/C C Interlude: Am F - C - C F - C - F F7 - D F - D F - G7
C F C I remember when I left
Am F C without bothering to pack
C F Am you know I up and left with
D7 nothin' but the clothes I had on my
G7 back
C F C now I'm sorry for what I've done
Am F C and I'm out here on my own
C F well it was a train that took me
Am away from
D7 G7 C here but a train can't bring me
F/C C home
C F it must've been a train that took
Am me away from here
D7 G7 but a train can't bring me ...
C F/C C can't bring me home
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Composition: Tom Waits

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