(Waiting For) The Ghost-Train chords by
Madness
Madness

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Key: C major
Intro 1
G
G

F
F

G
G

Fm
Fm

G
G

Fm
Fm

G
G

Verse 1
Ebm
Ebm

A straw headed woman,
F
F

and a barrel chested man
Ebm
Ebm

F
F

A pocket full of posies with a hat brim
F#
F#

full of sand
(Ooh ooh) waiting for the
train that never comes
Ebm
Ebm

Verse 2
F
F

Ebm
Ebm

A dog chasing the tumbleweeds,
F
F

across the sandy floor
Ebm
Ebm

That drift along the platform,
F
F

F#
F#

through the ticket office door
(Ooh ooh) waiting for the train
Ebm
Ebm

F
F

that never comes
F#
F#

(Ooh ooh ooh ooh) waiting for
F
F

the train that never comes
Verse 3
G
G

Am
Am

But don't tell me there's nothing coming,
F
F

Am
Am

G
G

you don't fool me
Am
Am

I hear the ghost train rumbling along
C
C

F
F

the tracks - set them free
Ab
Ab

G
G

C
C

Gm
Gm

And I hear them
F
F

G
G

C
C

It's black and white,
Gm
Gm

F
F

G
G

Gm
Gm

G
G

Fm
Fm

G
G

Fm
Fm

don't try to hide
G
G

[x2]
Verse 4
Ebm
Ebm

The station master's writing
F
F

with a piece of orange chalk
Ebm
Ebm

A hundred cancellations, still
F
F

no one wants to walk
Ebm
Ebm

Keep the hungry children from
F
F

the skeleton in the back
Ebm
Ebm

F
F

Paid to keep an eye out for the Gypsy
F#
F#

caravan
(Ooh ooh) waiting for the train
Ebm
Ebm

F
F

that never comes
F#
F#

(Ooh ooh ooh ooh) waiting for the train that
Interlude 1
never comes
Ebm
Ebm

Cm
Cm

B
B

Ebm
Ebm

F
F

Fsus4
Fsus4

F
F

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Am
Am

Verse 5
Am
Am

I hear the ghost train rumbling along
C
C

F
F

the tracks - set them free
Ab
Ab

G
G

And I hear them
C
C

It's black and white,
Gm
Gm

F
F

G
G

C
C

Gm
Gm

F
F

G
G

don't try to hide [x4]
C
C

Gm
Gm

F
F

G
G

It's black and white
(don't try) [x2]
C
C

It's black and white,
Gm
Gm

F
F

G
G

don't try to hide [x2]
Eb
Eb

Cm
Cm

F
F

Eb
Eb

Cm
Cm

F
F

And I
C
C

Gm
Gm

F
F

hear them
G
G

C
C

It's black and white,
Gm
Gm

don't try to hide [x2]
Outro 1
F
F

Ab
Ab

G
G

C
C

Gm
Gm

F
F

G
G

C
C

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