Eb Bb9/D Bb9m/Db She was beautiful as Southern skies C7 The night he met her Fm7 Bb9 She was married to someone Eb Bb9/D Bb9m/Db C He was doggedly determined that he would get her Fm7 Ab/Eb Eb He was old, he was young Db/Eb From time to time he'd tip his heart Ab/Eb Ab Ebmaj7/G But each time she withdrew Eb Db/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb Ebm7 Everybody thinks it's true Eb Db/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb Ebm7 Eb Db/Eb Ab/Eb Ebm7 Everybody thinks it's true Eb Bb9/D Bb9m/Db C7 Well eventually the boy and the girl get married Fm7 Bb9 Sure enough they have a son Eb Bb9/D Bb9m/Db C And though they both were occupied with the child she carried Fm7 Ab/Eb Eb Disagreements had begun Db/Eb And in a while they fell apart Ab/Eb Ab Ebmaj7/G It wasn't hard to do Eb Db/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb Ebm7 Everybody thinks it's true Eb Db/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb Eb Everybody thinks it's true Dbmaj9 Cm7 Two disappointed believers Bdim Cm7/Bb Two people playing the game Ab Eb/G Negotiations and love songs Gb Db/F Cb Bb11 Are often mistaken for one and the same Eb Bb9/D Bb9m/Db C7 Now the man and the woman remain in contact Fm7 Bb9 Let us say it's for the child Eb Bb9/D Bb9m/Db With disagreements about the meaning C Of a marriage contract Fm7 Ab/Eb Eb Conversations hard and wild But from time to time Db/Eb He makes her laugh Ab/Eb Ab Ebmaj7/G She cooks a meal or two Eb Db/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb Ebm7 Everybody thinks it's true Eb Db/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Ab/Eb Eb Everybody thinks it's true Dbmaj9 Cm7 What is the point of this story Bdim Cm7/Bb What information pertains Ab Eb/G The thought that life could be better Gb Db/F Is woven indelibly Cb Bb11 Eb Db/Eb Into our hearts and our brains Ab/Eb Ebm7 (Like a train in the distance) Repeat and fade: Eb Db/Eb Ab/Eb Ebm7Back to document index