train comes through chords by Ezra Furman

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Verse 1
A 
 (A major) It's a quiet night on main street
where the poisoned water runs
It'll never be the same street
when the time appointed comes
G 
It's  (G major) talked about in whispers,
A 
nothing certain, only rumor and clue  (A major) 
Bm 
D 
But the  (B minor) vi  olent sheet of silence will be shattered  (D major) 
A 
when the train comes  (A major) through

Verse 2
A 
We may  (A major) only be subordinates
but we hear everything
All your closed- door conversations,
we're always listening
G 
We sense  (G major) frequencies you'd never hear
D 
A 
or think to pay  (D major) attention to  (A major) 
Bm 
And we can  (B minor) tell what's on its way here
D 
A 
long  (D major) before the train comes  (A major) through

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Verse 3

The real news comes in flashes,

here and there among the noise

Borderland insurgent clashes

with the local army boys

Who think they've got a handle on the territory,

for at least a year or two

It'll be too late to get out of the way by the time

the train comes through

Interlude 1

Verse 4
A 
This city  (A major) is the bearer of an old
and secret curse
It's not written in your bibles,
it's a verse behind a verse
G 
Only vis (G major) ible to an obsessive detail-
D 
A 
oriented  (D major) heathen Jew (A major) 
Bm 
But it's the hid (B minor) den and unspoken that
D 
A 
will thun (D major) der when the train comes  (A major) through

Verse 5
A 
Yes, we  (A major) labored,
and we built your dwellings here on the hillside
The structures set in stone,
not a chance they could slide
G 
D 
But a  (G major) great machine can break down suddenly  (D major) 
A 
if someone removes a tiny screw  (A major) 
Bm 
And the  (B minor) solid things will move in all direc
D 
A 
 (D major) tions when the train comes  (A major) through

Verse 6
A 
They'll  (A major) tell about your system
as a system with no teeth
The histories will name us as
the people underneath
G 
D 
The  (G major) emptiness you'd only heard about  (D major) 
A 
was one we intimately knew  (A major) 
Bm 
But an  (B minor) emptiness is turned into a tun
D 
A 
 (D major) nel when a train comes  (A major) through

Verse 7
Bm 
D 
A 
Oh  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
A transfiguration's coming,
a turning in the song
To the brutal static order they've
depended on so long
G 
This  (G major) train will carry gamblers,
D 
it'll carry  (D major) us midnight ramblers too
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 8
Bm 
A 
And a  (B minor) broken heart's your ticket so  (A major) 
D 
A 
be ready  (D major) when the train comes  (A major) through
Bm 
A 
D 
A  (B minor) broken heart's your  (A major) ticket so be  (D major) ready
A 
when the train comes  (A major) through