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Downtown Train

Tom Waits
Chords & TabKeyDCapoFret 1beginner116 BPM
4.8(370)

Chords in this song4

capo 1 — sounds a semitone higher

Intro

D G A (x2)

Verse 1

Outside, another yellow moon,
Has punched a hole in the nighttime, yes.
I climb through the window and down to the street,
I'm shining like a new dime.

Bridge 1

The downtown trains are full,
With all of those Brooklyn girls.
They try so hard to break out of their little worlds.

Verse 2

Well, you wave your hand and they scatter like crows,
They have nothing that will ever capture your heart.
They're just thorns, without the rose;
Be careful of them in the dark.

Bridge 2

Oh, if I was the one, you chose to be your only one.
Oh baby, can't you hear me now? Can't you hear me now?

Chorus 1

Will I see you tonight,
On a downtown train?
Every night it's just the same; you leave me lonely, now.

Verse 3

I know your window and I know it's late,
I know your stairs and your doorway.
I walk down your street and past your gate,
I stand by the light at the four-way.

Bridge 3

You watch them as they fall,
Oh baby, they all have heart attacks.
They stay at the carnival but they'll never win you back.

Chorus 2

Will I see you tonight,
On a downtown train?
Where every night, every night, it's just the same, oh baby...
Will I see you tonight,
On a downtown train?
All of my dreams, they fall like rain, oh baby, on a downtown train.

Interlude

       
        

Chorus 3

Will I see you tonight,
On a downtown train?
Where every night, every night, it's just the same, oh baby...
Will I see you tonight,
On a downtown train?
All of my dreams, they fall like rain, all on a downtown train.

Coda

(D) G A D G A D
All on a downtown train, all on a downtown train.
All on a downtown train, a downtown train.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 320003 x02220 022000
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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