Traintime Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Csus4][C][Csus4][C]
[Csus4][C][Csus4][C][Csus4][Csus4]
[Csus4][Csus4]
[C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Along [Csus4]the track the wires[C] are humming
in bursts [Csus4]of code like
far- off [C]drums....
Fath[Csus4]ering the[C] message:
[Csus4]further up the l[C]ine
someone's shout[Csus4]ing[C]
down the [Csus4]passage[C][Csus4]
[C]of tim[Csus4]e.[C]
The [Csus4]corridor[C]
restrains the window,
no view [Csus4]without[C]
[Csus4]the eye within...[C].
bold [Csus4]upon the thre[C]shold
but holding [Csus4]on the
[C]line[Csus4]
we're [Csus4]shouting
down the [Csus4]passage
[C]of tim[Csus4]e.[C]
[Am]Relatives speak on [Csus4]the phone,
on the [Bb]train,
[Gm]talking be[G]fore they have [Bb]thought
[Asus4]to explai[Am]n;
Voices pitched wildly on [Cm]tracks
[Csus4]in the night[Bb]
[Gm]can't pick the [G]pace up -
Oh [Bb]let there be [A]light![Asus4][A]
How [G]light be[F]comes the [Eb]soul![C]
You [Csus4]know yourself the
centre of attention,
You see yourself the locus of event...
I'm sorry if it's [Csus4]painful
quarrying the [Csus4]line,
[C]stage centre, shouting [Csus4]down[C]
the [Csus4]passage of t[C]ime.
The [Csus4]cor ridor
[C]retains it's shadows,
it's [Csus4]secrets[C][Csus4][C]
[Csus4]compartme[C]ntalised....
damping down [Csus4]on
[C]ambience,
damp [Csus4]the teeth and grind,
[C][Csus4][C]
shouting [Csus4]down the [C]passage[Csus4]
[C]of tim[Csus4]e![C]
[Am]What's there to see or make
[Cm]clear?[Csus4][Bb]
[Gm]What's there to [G]know
when the [Bb]voice is right [Asus4]here?
[Am]What's there to promise or
[C]vow?[Csus4][Bb]
[Gm]What's to be[G]lieve when the [Bb]time
is right [Asus4]now?[A]
[Am]Relatives spoke on the [Cm]phone,
on the [Bb]train,
[Gm]talking be[G]fore they had [Bb]sought
[Asus4]to re tai[Am]n;
Voices projected, spears in mid- [Bb]flight,
[Gm]frozen [G]forever...
Oh [Bb]let there be [Asus4]light!