MUSESTAR
Downtown Train
Tom Waits
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: none
[Intro]
[D#] [G#] [A#] (x2)
[Verse 1]
[D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]
Outside, another yellow moon,
[G#] [A#]
Has punched a hole in the nighttime, yes.
[D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]
I climb through the window and down to the street,
[G#] [A#]
I'm shining like a new dime.
[Bridge 1]
[G#] [A#]
The downtown trains are full,
[G#] [A#]
With all of those Brooklyn girls.
[G#] [A#]
They try so hard to break out of their little worlds.
[Verse 2]
[D#] [G#] [A#]
Well, you wave your hand and they scatter like crows,
[D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]
They have nothing that will ever capture your heart.
[G#] [A#]
They're just thorns, without the rose;
[D#] [G#] [A#]
Be careful of them in the dark.
[Bridge 2]
[G#] [A#] [G#] [A#]
Oh, if I was the one, you chose to be your only one.
[G#] [A#]
Oh baby, can't you hear me now? Can't you hear me now?
[Chorus 1]
[D#] [G#]
Will I see you tonight,
[D#] [G#]
On a downtown train?
[D#] [G#] [Fm] [A#]
Every night it's just the same; you leave me lonely, now.
[Verse 3]
[D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]
I know your window and I know it's late,
[G#] [A#]
I know your stairs and your doorway.
[D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]
I walk down your street and past your gate,
[G#] [A#]
I stand by the light at the four-way.
[Bridge 3]
[G#] [A#]
You watch them as they fall,
[G#] [A#]
Oh baby, they all have heart attacks.
[G#] [A#]
They stay at the carnival but they'll never win you back.
[Chorus 2]
[D#] [G#]
Will I see you tonight,
[D#] [G#]
On a downtown train?
[D#] [G#] [Fm] [A#]
Where every night, every night, it's just the same, oh baby...
[D#] [G#]
Will I see you tonight,
[D#] [G#]
On a downtown train?
[D#] [G#] [Fm] [A#]
All of my dreams, they fall like rain, oh baby, on a downtown train.
[Interlude]
[D#] [A#] [D#] [A#] [D#] [G#] [A#]
[D#] [A#] [D#] [A#] [D#] [G#] [A#] [A#]
[Chorus 3]
[D#] [G#]
Will I see you tonight,
[D#] [G#]
On a downtown train?
[D#] [G#] [Fm] [A#]
Where every night, every night, it's just the same, oh baby...
[D#] [G#]
Will I see you tonight,
[D#] [G#]
On a downtown train?
[D#] [G#] [Fm] [A#] [D#]
All of my dreams, they fall like rain, all on a downtown train.
[Coda]
([D#]) [G#] [A#] [D#] [G#] [A#] [D#]
All on a downtown train, all on a downtown train.
[G#] [A#] [D#] [G# A#] [D#]
All on a downtown train, a downtown train.