Train in the Distance chords by
Paul Simon

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Key: Eb major

Intro 1
D D 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
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G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
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G G 
 
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D D 
 
She was

Verse 1
A A 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
beautiful as southern skies the night he met her
A A 
 
D D 
 
She was married to someone
A A 
 
C C 
 
He was doggedly determined
Am Am 
 
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
that he would get her
He was old she was young
G G 
 
D D

Verse 2
From time to time
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
He'd tip his heart
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
But each time she withdrew
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Everybody loves the sound
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
of a train in the distance
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Everybody thinks it's
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
true
Dm Dm 
 
Em Em 
 
G G

Verse 3
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
Well eventually the boy an
B B 
 
d the girl get married
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Sure enough they have a son
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
And though they were both occupied
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
with the child she carried
Disagreements had begun
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D D 
 

Verse 4
And in a while
C C 
 
They fell apart
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
It wasn't hard to
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Em Em 
 
D D 
 
do
Everybody loves the sound
C C 
 
of a train in the distance
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Everybody thinks it's

Interlude 1

true

Verse 5
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Two disappointed believers
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Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
Two people playing the game
G G 
 
D D 
 
Negotiations and love songs
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C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Are often mistaken for
one and the same
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Asus4 Asus4 
 

Verse 6
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
Now the man and the woman
B B 
 
A A 
 
they remain in contact
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Let us say it's for the child
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
With disagreements about the meaning
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
of a marriage contract
G G 
 
D D 
 
Conversations hard and wild

Verse 7
C C 
 
But from time to time he makes her laugh
G G 
 
She cooks a meal of two
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Everybody loves the sound of a train
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
in       the distance
Em Em 
 
Dm Dm 
 
D D 
 
Everybody thinks it's
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
true
G G 
 
D D

Verse 8
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
What is the point of this story
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Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
What information pertain  s
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D D 
 
The thought that life could be better
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C C 
 
Is woven indelibly
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A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
Into our hearts and our brains

Outro 1
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
Dm Dm 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
D D

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