The Trains Today


Capo on 2
ps - I play all barre chords so the capo is largely irrelevent other than as a guide to where fingers are. I need that sort of thing...

Intro:

B   D#m     A   C#m     F#    (x2) 
                              

  B              D#m         
I saw her at the station;
  A          C#m      F#      
I couldn't believe my luck.
        B              D#m         
She was standing on my platform
     A             C#m             
so I hurried to be near her    
            F#       
through the crush.
     C#m             F#          
Bags hanging from my shoulder,
  C#m                F#     
I wish that I'd been bold
              C#m      
and said, "Hello...
           D               G#m G#m7      C# 
...are you going all the way?"           


Chorus:
             F#       
The trains today - 
        D#m                
they're not as romantic
       A                
as the black and white
         G#m   G#m7      C# 
films portray.           
             F#     
With these delays
           D#m                    
there'd be no Brief Encounter;
        A                   G#m G#m7      C# 
Richard Hannay won't get away.            
             F#     
The trains today.

B   D#m     A   C#m     F#    (x2) 
                              

   B            D#m          
We get into our carriage;
    A               C#m         F#   
she sits across the table from me.
         B           D#m        
She's as pretty as a picture
A           C#m             F#     
postcard of Saltburn-by-the-Sea;
       C#m              F#       
in the days when your vacation
      C#m          F#       
had a British destination
        C#m             
and you got there in
    D           G#m G#m7      C# 
the lap of luxury.            


Chorus:
             F#       
The trains today - 
        D#m                
they're not as romantic
       A                
as the black and white
         G#m   G#m7      C# 
films portray.           
             F#     
With these delays
           D#m                    
there'd be no Brief Encounter;
        A                   G#m G#m7      C# 
Richard Hannay won't get away.            
             F#     
The trains today.


Bridge:

       C#m7             
Leaves on the line,
      A#m7              
wrong kind of snow.
C#m7                A#m7      
Strong winds, heavy rain.
      C#m7           A#m7           
We'll get you there eventually.
E                      F#       
This is the age of the train!

B   D#m     A   C#m     F#    (x2) 
                              

               B               D#m       
She thinks I'm looking out the window
     A               C#m            F#       
as I stare at her reflection in the glass.
     B                 D#m     
When sun shines from behind
    A            C#m         F#     
she glows like a dancer by Degas.
           C#m              F#        
And as the landscape slowly changes
        C#m                F#       
we pass lakes and mountain ranges
        C#m            
but the view I have
   D             G#m   G#m7      C# 
is simply unsurpassed.           


Chorus:
             F#       
The trains today - 
        D#m                
they're not as romantic
       A                
as the black and white
         G#m   G#m7      C# 
films portray.           
             F#     
With these delays
           D#m                    
there'd be no Brief Encounter;
        A                   G#m G#m7      C# 
Richard Hannay won't get away.            

             F#       
The trains today - 
        D#m                
they're not as romantic
       A                
as the black and white
         G#m   G#m7      C# 
films portray.           
             F#     
With these delays
           D#m                    
there'd be no Brief Encounter;
        A                   G#m G#m7      C# 
Richard Hannay won't get away.            
             F#     
The trains today.

B   D#m     A   C#m     F# 
                        
B   D#m     A   C#m 
                
F#    G   G#    A#    B 
                      



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