...DOWNTOWN TRAIN... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Eb)
Intro:
D, G A (x2)
Verse 1:
D G A D
Outside, a-nother yellow moon,
G A
Has punched a hole in the night-time, yes.
D G A D
I climb through the window and down to the street,
G A
I'm shining like a new dime.
Bridge 1:
G A
The downtown trains are full,
G A
With all of those Brooklyn girls.
G A
They try so hard to break out of their little worlds.
Verse 2:
D G A D
Well, you wave your hand and they scatter like crows,
G A D
They have nothing that will ever capture your heart.
G A D
They're just thorns, without the rose;
G A
Be careful of them in the dark.
Bridge 2:
G A
Oh, if I was the one,
G A
You chose to be your only one.
G A
Oh baby, can't you hear me now? Can't you hear me now?
Chorus 1:
D G A
Will I see you to-night,
D G A
On a downtown train?
D G Em
Every night it's just the same;
A
You leave me lonely, now.
Verse 3:
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D G A D
I know your window and I know it's late,
G A
I know your stairs and your doorway.
D G A D
I walk down your street and past your gate,
G A
I stand by the light at the four-way.
Bridge 3:
G A
You watch them as they fall,
G A
Oh baby, they all have heart-attacks.
G A
They stay at the carnival but they'll never win you back.
Chorus 2:
D G A
Will I see you to-night,
D G A
On a downtown train?
D G Em
Where every night, every night, it's just the same.
A
Oh baby...
D G A
Will I see you to-night,
D G A
On a downtown train?
D G Em
All of my dreams, they fall like rain,
A
Oh baby, on a downtown train.
Interlude:
D G, D A, D G, A (x2)
Chorus 3:
D
Will I see you,
G A
To-night,
D G A
On a downtown train?
D G Em
Where every night, every night, it's just the same.
A
Oh baby...
D G A
Will I see you to-night,
D G A
On a downtown train?
D G Em
All of my dreams, they fall like rain,
A
Oh baby, on a downtown train.
Coda:
D G A D
All on a downtown train,
D G A D
All on a downtown train.
D G A D
All on a downtown train,
G A D
A downtown train.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D G A Em
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
