Train Tracks


I've transposed it into the key of C to avoid the dreaded bar chords. You might like to replace G (3-2-0-0-0-1) with G (3-5-5-4-3-3) sometimes, so that you can then slide your fingers down two frets for a nice transition into F, depending on how funky you want to get. C_________G________________F I know that you've been feeling tired C_________G_____________F I hear your voice is wearing thin C___________G____________Am________F I know you've slept so many places in the past few days ____C_____________G_________________F You can't remember just which bed you're in C_______________G_______________F_______F-C-G-C There's something familiar about this room C___________G____________F_________________F-C-G-C Anywhere you go it's just like you've been there before C______________G_____________Am_________F So if you want to step outside this body and this world _____________C_________________G___________F You're going to have to go through a different kind of door C____________G_________F______________F-C-G-C And this train only runs in summertime C________________G____________F_______F-C-G-C The children have been let out of school C___________G________________Am_____________F You haven't packed the bottoms of your shoes are cracked _________C_______________G_______________F_____F-C-G-C But your passport has been kissed be the holy fool ____C_______________G_______________F_______F-C-G-C The smiling Crosseyed barefoot dressed in rags C_________G____________F____________________F-C-G-C Bend down talking to the crows C_________G______________Am___________F He's got no words to tell ya, just some magic beans to sell ya C_______________G_______________F___________F-C-G-C Plant them and in time the tracks will grow C____________G_________F____________________F-C-G-C And this train only runs in summertime C______________G_____________F______________F-C-G-C The parents are lying beside the pool C_________G__________Am_________F The cup is cracked, it's broken by the tacks _________C_______________G_______________F_________F-C-G-C But your passport has been kissed be the holy fool ------>C______G___________F Are you looking for salvation? ______________C______________________G Are you looking from answers from Jesus for dancers _________F To serve you some warmth on cold nights? C_________________________G___________________________Am Are you looking for the thing that looks out through your eyes? _______F For something that won’t leave your side? ______________C_______________G_______________F On this lonely planet where everyone’s waving goodbye. C_________G_________________F_______F-C-G-C I know that you’ve been working hard C___________G___________________F_____________F-C-G-C You want the whole world to see how brightly you can glow ___C_____________G____________Am____________F But if you just trade everything for that small bag of dried up beans C_________G_________________F_______ Its only time until the whistle bloooooooooow! C___________G_________F__________F-C-G-C And this train only runs in sum-mer time! ____C________G__________F________F-C-G-C The only contradiction is the rule C_________G________Am________F________C__________G_____________F Its moving fast but its not gong to last and an open empty boxcar stares at you Note: (F-C-G-C) is the little accordian riff that you should play one strum per chord, if you're using a guitar. Also... for the actual version Transpose to the key of F C=F G=C F=Bb Am=Dm