Journeyman Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]
Spine-tingling railway
railway sleepers
[G]Sleepy houses [Am]ly ing four-square
[C]an d and [Em]firm.

[Verse 2]
Orange beams divide the darkness
[G]Rumbling fit to [Am]turn the waking [Em]worm.
Slid[Am]ing through Victorian tunnels
Where green moss [C]oozes [D]from the [Em]pores.
Dull [Am]echoes from the
wet embankments
Battlefield [G]allotments. Fresh [Bm]open [Em]sores.

[Verse 3]
In late [Em]night commuter
madness
[G]Double-locked black black
[Am]briefcase [Em]on the floor,
Like a faithful dog with master
[G]Sleeping [Am]in the draught beside
the carriage [Em]door.
To each [Am]Journeyman
his own home-coming
Cold Cold supper near[C]ing with
each [D]station [Em]stop.
[Am]Frosty flakes on empty platforms
Fireside [G]slippers waiting.
[Bm]Flip. [Em]Flop.
[B]Journeyman

[Verse 4]
night-tripping [A]on
on the [B]late [A]fan[B]tasic
Too late to [A]stop for [B]tea at Gerard's Cross
[Em]And hear the soft shoes on the
footbridge shuffle
As the [G]wheels turn [A]biting on the
[Am]mid night [Cm]frost.[Am][Em][A]
[Em]On the late commuter special
[G]Carriage lights that [Am]flicker,
fade [Em]and die
Howling into hollow blackness
[G]Dusky diesel shud[Am]ders in full [Em]cry.
[Am]Down redundant morning papers
[C]Abandon [D]crosswords with a [Em]cough
[Am]Sta tionmaster in his wisdom
Told the guard to [G]turn the [Am]heating [Em]off.

[Outro 1]
[Em][B][A][B]
[A][E][B][A][B][Am][Em]
[G][Am][C][Am][A]
[Em]