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Train In The Distance Words & music By Paul Simon 1981 [Verse 1]

^Eb She was ^Bb/Dbeautiful as ^Bbm/DbSouthern skies ^C7 The night he met her

^Fm7 She was married to some^Bb9one ^Eb He was ^Bb/Ddoggedly de^Bbm/Dbtermined that he would ^Cget her

^Fm7 He was old, he was ^Ab/Ebyoung ^Eb From time to time he'd ^Db/Ebtip his heart

^Ab/Eb But each time she with^Abdrew ^Ebmaj7/G [Chorus]

^Eb Everybody loves the ^Db/Ebsound of a train in the distance ^Ab/Eb Everybody thinks it's ^Ebm7true

^Eb Everybody loves the ^Db/Ebsound of a train in the distance ^Ab/Eb Everybody thinks it's ^Ebm7true ^Eb ^Db/Eb ^Ab/Eb ^Ebm7

[Verse 2]

^Eb Well e^Bb/Dventually the ^Bbm/Dbboy and the ^C7girl get married ^Fm7 Sure enough they have a ^Bb9son

^Eb And though they ^Bb/Dboth were occu^Bbm/Dbpied with the child she ^Ccarried ^Fm7 Disagreements had be^Ab/Ebgun ^Eb

And in a while they ^Db/Eb fell apart ^Ab/Eb It wasn't hard to ^Abdo ^Ebmaj7/G

[Chorus]

^Eb Everybody loves the ^Db/Ebsound of a train in the distance ^Ab/Eb Everybody thinks it's ^Ebm7true

^Eb Everybody loves the ^Db/Ebsound of a train in the distance ^Ab/Eb Everybody thinks it's ^Ebtrue

[Bridge]

^Dbmaj9 Two disappointed be^Cm7lievers ^Bdim Two people playing the ^Cm7/Bbgame

^Ab Negotiations and ^Eb/Glove songs Are ^Gboften mis^Db/Ftaken for ^Cb one and the ^Bb11same

[Verse 3]

^Eb Now the ^Bb/Dman and the ^Bbm/Dbwoman re^C7main in contact ^Fm7 Let us say it's for the ^Bb9child

^Eb With disa^Bb/Dgreements about the ^Bbm/Dbmeaning Of a marriage ^Ccontract

^Fm7 Conversations hard and ^Ab/Ebwild ^Eb

But from time to time

He ^Db/Ebmakes her laugh ^Ab/Eb She cooks a meal or ^Abtwo ^Ebmaj7/G

[Chorus]

^Eb Everybody loves the ^Db/Ebsound of a train in the distance ^Ab/Eb Everybody thinks it's ^Ebm7true

^Eb Everybody loves the ^Db/Ebsound of a train in the distance ^Ab/Eb Everybody thinks it's ^Ebtrue

[Verse 4]

^Dbmaj9 What is the point of this ^Cm7story ^Bdim What information per^Cm7/Bbtains

^Ab The thought that life could be ^Eb/Gbetter Is ^Gbwoven in^Db/Fdelibly

^Cb Into our ^Bb11hearts ^Bb11 and our ^Ebbrains ^Db/Eb ^Ab/Eb (Like a ^Ebm7train in the distance)

Repeat and fade: Eb Db/Eb Ab/Eb Ebm7

Paul Simon - Train in the distance