Downtown train     (video)    (midi)

 

    G - C    - G - C    - G

 

    G                   C                     G                              C          

1.     Outside another yellow moon has punched a hole in the night time,

G                                  C                                       G

    I climb through the window and down to the street,

                       C

    I‘m shining like a new dime.

C                             D                  - C                            D     

    The downtown trains are full,        full of all them Brooklyn girls,

C                                   D          

    they try so hard to break out of their little world.

 

    G                            C                                        G

2.     You wave your hand and they scatter like crows,

                       C                                                 G

    they have nothing that‘ll ever capture your heart.

                           C                         G

    They‘re just thorns without the rose,

                            C

    be careful of them in the dark.

C                 D                - C                                    D

    Oh, if I was the one         you chose to be your only one,

                   - C                                       - D 

    oh, baby,      can‘t you hear me now,        can‘t you hear me now ?

 

G                             C     - G                             C

    Will I see you tonight         on a downtown train ?

G                      C                                   Am    - D                            G   

    Every night, every night it‘s just the same,       on a downtown train.

 

+  G - C   - G - C

 

   G                      C                                  G    

3.    I know your window and I know it‘s late,

                          C

    I know your stairs and your doorway.

G                                  C                          G

    I walk down your street and past the gate,

                           C

    I stand by the light of the four way.

C                             D    

    And watch them as they fall,

                   - C                                        D       

    oh, baby,       they‘re all having their heart attacks,

               C                                            D

    they stay at the carnival, but they‘ll never win you back.

 

G                             C     - G                             C

    Will I see you tonight         on a downtown train ?

G                      C                                  Am     - D       

    Every night, every night it‘s just the same,        you leave me lonely.

G                             C     - G                            C

    Will, I see you tonight       on a downtown train,

G                          Em                               Am  - D                           G

    all my dreams, all my  dreams fall like rain       on a downtown train.  

 

+  G - D - G - D   - G - C - D (2x)  - D7     

 

   G                             C     - G                             C

+     Will I see you tonight         on a downtown train ?

G                     Em                                  Am     - D  

    Every night, every night it‘s just the same !

G                            C      - G                             C

    Will I see you tonight         on a downtown train ?

G                         Em                                Am - D                             G   - C

    All my dreams, all my dreams fall like rain        on a downtown train.

              D              G     - C               D                    G    - C

   On a downtown train,       all my dreams fall like rain,

               D              G

    on a downtown train.   +  C - D - G ….

 

 

(orig. = Capo 3rd)    (Rod Stewart)