Chord/Tab song: Downtown Train

...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] Outside, a-[G]nother [A]yellow [D]moon,
Has punched a [G]hole in the [A]night-time, yes.
[D] I [G]climb through the [A]window and [D]down to the street,
I'm [G]shining like a [A]new dime.

Bridge 1:

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

Verse 2:

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

Bridge 2:

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

Chorus 1:

[D] Will I see you to-[G]night,[A]
[D] On a downtown [G]train?[A]
[D] Every [G]night it's just the same;[Em]
[A] You leave me lonely, now.

Verse 3:

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

Bridge 3:

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

Chorus 2:

[D] Will I see you to-[G]night,[A]
[D] On a downtown [G]train?[A]
Where [D]every night, [G]every night, it's just the same.[Em]
[A] Oh baby...

[D] Will I see you to-[G]night,[A]
[D] On a downtown [G]train?[A]
[D] All of my [G]dreams, they fall like [Em]rain,
Oh [A]baby, on a downtown train.

Interlude:

D G, D A, D G, A (x2)

Chorus 3:

[D] Will I see you,
To-[G]night,[A]
[D] On a downtown [G]train?[A]
Where [D]every night, [G]every night, it's just the same.[Em]
[A] Oh baby...

[D] Will I see you to-[G]night,[A]
[D] On a downtown [G]train?[A]
[D] All of my [G]dreams, they fall like [Em]rain,
Oh [A]baby, on a downtown train.

Coda:

[D] [G]All on a [A]downtown [D]train,
[D] [G]All on a [A]downtown [D]train.
[D] [G]All on a [A]downtown [D]train,
[G] A [A]downtown [D]train.

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[D] [G] [A] [Em]
[EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]022000

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)