...DOWNTOWN TRAIN... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*
1st
(Original Key: Eb)
Intro:
D, (x2)
Verse 1:
Outside, a-nother yellow moon,
Has punched a hole in the night-time, 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 to-night,
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 to-night,
On a downtown train?
Where every night, every night, it's just the same, oh baby...
Will I see you to-night,
On a downtown train?
All of my dreams, they fall like rain, oh baby, on a downtown train.
Interlude:
D G, D A, D G, A (x2)
Chorus 3:
Will I see you to-night,
On a downtown train?
Where every night, every night, it's just the same, oh baby...
Will I see you to-night,
On a downtown train?
All of my dreams, they fall like rain, oh baby, on a downtown train.
Coda:
All on a downtown train, all on a downtown train.
All on a downtown train, a downtown train.
(Repeat to Fade)
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)