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Downtown Train Chords

*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      
 I climb through the window 
    D
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        
 Well, you wave your hand and 
     A                  D
they scatter like crows,
          G            
They have nothing that 
          A                  D
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           G
 Oh, if I was the one, 
                          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]
 
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                    
They stay at the carnival 
            A
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            
Where every night, every night, 
                   Em  A
it's just the same,     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                  G     A
 Will I see you to-night,
D              G      A
 On a downtown train?
      D            G                               Em  A
Where every night, every night, it's just the same,     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      G        A        D
   All on a downtown train, all on a downtown train.
G         A        D     G  A        D
 All on a downtown train, a downtown train.
 
(Repeat to Fade)

Tags: easy guitar chords, song lyrics, Tom Waits