Tom: Fm
Eb Bb/D Bbm/Db
She was beautiful as Southern skies
C7
The night he met her
Fm7 Bb9
She was married to someone
Eb Bb/D Bbm/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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Eb Bb/D Bbm/Db C7
Well eventually the boy and the girl get married
Fm7 Bb9
Sure enough they have a son
Eb Bb/D Bbm/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
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Verse 3]
Eb Bb/D Bbm/Db C7
Now the man and the woman remain in contact
Fm7 Bb9
Let us say it's for the child
Eb Bb/D Bbm/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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 4]
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 Bb11 Eb Db/Eb
Into our hearts and our brains
Ab/Eb Ebm7
(Like a train in the distance)
