# Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:36:24 -0500 From: "Mr. Coin Operated" <krandell@nmu.edu> To: guitar@olga.net Subject: tab: 'fear of trains' by 'magnetic fields, the' From: Kent Randell <krandell@nmu.edu> my band Leslie Can't Love plays this so I figured why not transcribe it. Chords with words are first. Some riffs are tabbed at the bottom. Fear of Trains by the Magnetic Fields. 'Charm of the Highway Strip' into: G F C VERSE 1:

It was the ^Garmy train that ^Ftook her daddy ^Cfrom her It was the ^Gbible train that ^Ftook her momma ^Ctoo

And that ^Amhigh loud whistle made her ^Dmhorse ^Crun ^Gaway But the ^Gstraw the broke the ^Fcamel's back was ^Cyou

It was the ^Ggovernment train that ^Ftook away her ^Cchildhood It was the ^GKKK that ^Ftook away her ^Cpast

It was the ^Amwhite man's will that ^Dmhers be ^Cbrok^Gen But that ^Gbarefoot girl could ^Frun too fast ^C

CHORUS:

^CBecause the world's too cold for a girl like ^Amthat with a ^CBlackfoot soul and a cowboy ^Ghat

Every^Cthing she loved went down the dragon ^Amtrack She had a fear of ^Ctrains ^G ^F ^C

BRIDGE:

^CIn the beet fields of Mont^Gana ^DmShe's always coming on dead ^Amrails

^Cto break the plow and whisper ^G"Honey, ^Dmbound to live is bound to ^Amfail"

^CAnd in a park in San Fran^Gcisco ^Dmher momma shrieks about the ^AmLord

^CAnd down the dead rails there's an ^Gecho ^DmThe wind is whistling all-^Amaboard

CHORUS VERSE2: (same chords as before) It was the wagon train that too away her country It was the oil train that took away her land She could have been the belle of the ponderosa but that was not the fat man's plan CHORUS Guitar riff during verses and intro: E-------------------1--0----------------------------------------- B-------1--0---1------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------0^2^0------------0^2^0------------ D-------------------------------------0^2--------------0^2------- A--------------------------3-----------------3--------------3---- E---3----------1------------------------------------------------- Guitar riff at the end of the Chorus: E-------1^0-------------------------1^0-------------------------- B------------3^1--------------------------3^1-------------------- G------------------2--2---0---------------------0---------------- D------------------------------3----------------2---------------- A---3-------------------------------------------3---------------- E------------------3-----------1--------------------------------- Guitar/keyboard riff during the bridge: E-------3-----------3-------------1-----------0------------------ B--1-----------0------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------2-------------2--------------------- D----------------------------0----------------------------------- A--3---------------------------------------0--------------------- E--------------3-------------------------------------------------

Magnetic Fields - Fear of trains