Key: E major
Verse 1
where the poisoned water runs
It'll never be the same street
when the time appointed comes
C#m
E
But the vi olent sheet of silence will be shattered
Verse 2
but we hear everything
All your closed- door conversations,
we're always listening
E
B
or think to pay attention to
C#m
And we can tell what's on its way here
E
B
long before the train comes through
Verse 3
here and there among the noise
Borderland insurgent clashes
with the local army boys
A
Who think they've got a handle on the territory,
C#m
E
It'll be too late to get out of the way by the time
Interlude 1
B
C#m
E
B
Verse 4
and secret curse
It's not written in your bibles,
it's a verse behind a verse
E
B
oriented heathen Jew
E
B
will thunder when the train comes through
Verse 5
and we built your dwellings here on the hillside
The structures set in stone,
not a chance they could slide
A
E
But a great machine can break down suddenly
C#m
And the solid things will move in all direc
E
B
tions when the train comes through
Verse 6
as a system with no teeth
The histories will name us as
the people underneath
A
E
The emptiness you'd only heard about
E
B
nel when a train comes through
Verse 7
C#m
E
B
Oh
A transfiguration's coming,
a turning in the song
To the brutal static order they've
depended on so long
B
Verse 8
C#m
B
And a broken heart's your ticket so
E
B
be ready when the train comes through
C#m
B
E
A broken heart's your ticket so be ready
Verse 9
B
Ahh
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB A C#m E
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