Train True

 
              Intro: Am  Bm  A   Bm 
 
Verse 1:
Bm 
Well, I was standing on the train tracks on a midnight blue 
 
E 
Trying to remember where I left my shoes 
 
F# 
And in a natural way 
 
                        Bm 
My thoughts returned to you 
 
Bm 
So I walked into a honky-tonk jukebox saloon 
 
E 
To reflect on my losses and rock to some tunes 
 
F# 
I thought it all through 
 
                           Bm 
Then I figured out what to do 
 
 
Bm 
I’d start working for the train, train, feedly-dang 
 
E 
Feedle-otten Deeten-do Dangy-do 
 
                                  F# 
Feedle-otten Deeten-do Ding-Train-True 
 
                                                       Bm 
I started working for the train when I was looking for you 
 
Verse 2:
Bm 
Sprung from the ward steel brainpan, pity-pity 
 
E 
Looked you up in Freehold for a face that I could trust 
 
F# 
The foreman said you’d left out 
 
 
In some kind of state 
 
Bm 
He pointed at the office it was already late! 
 
 
Bm 
I smoothed down my hair 
 
 
And went to talk to the boss 
 
E 
He was weary, short-tempered 
 
 
And had one eye on the clock 
 
F# 
He said I had just seconds to make my case 
 
Bm 
I put one hand on his shoulder 
 
 
And stuck the other in his face 
 
 
Bridge:
Bm 
And I said:\u2028“Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of 
 
A 
Societal abrasions that conform electric static” 
 
E 
He said, “Son I don’t think you have that much of a brain” 
 
Bm 
I said, “You’ve got to have a brain when you’re working for the train” 
 
 
Solo 
 
Bm  A  E  Bm 
 
Bm A F E D  Bm A F E D 
 
 
 
Verse 3:
Bm 
It’s a long run to Trenton 
 
 
When you start about five 
 
E 
Some folks are tired and hungry 
 
 
Some are barely alive 
 
F# 
But when that engine starts pumping 
 
 
Those familiar tones 
 
Bm 
I don’t care where the train is going 
 
 
Cuz I’m already home 
 
 
Bm 
I spent a long year 
 
 
Dancing up and down that aisle 
 
E 
Pestering my savior just to let me see your smile 
 
F# 
The salesman was drunk 
 
 
My training shot to the fore 
 
Bm 
I put my shoulder in his gut 
 
F# 
And knocked his samples on the floor 
 
 
Bridge:
Bm 
And I said:\u2028“Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of 
 
A 
Societal abrasions that conform electric static” 
 
E 
He said, “Son I don’t think you have that much of a brain” 
 
Bm 
I said, “You’ve got to have a brain when you’re working for the train” 
 
 
 
Bm 
Train, train, feedly-dang 
 
E 
Feedle-otten Deeten-do Dangy-do 
 
                                  F# 
Feedle-otten Deeten-do Ding-Train-True 
 
                                                       Bm 
I started working for the train when I was looking for you 
 
Verse 4:
Bm 
The Princeton Junction Depot 
 
 
Is straight known to be staid 
 
E 
They wear Hound’s-tooth and khaki 
 
Most have already paid 
 
F# 
I looked under my visor 
 
 
My heart stopped like it got froze 
 
Bm 
Lipstick like a ‘60s ‘Vette 
 
 
And polish on your toes 
 
Bm 
You had half of a smile 
 
 
Watching me shakin’ like a hound 
 
E 
As triumpth filled my body 
 
 
Missing love had been found 
 
F# 
I whooped and called “Metuchen” 
 
As I stepped through the door 
 
Bm 
I put my hands around your hips 
 
And kissed you then and ever more 
 
Bridge:
Bm 
And I said:\u2028“Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of 
 
A 
Societal abrasions that conform electric static” 
 
E 
She said, “Son I don’t think you have that much of a brain” 
 
Bm 
But youI got to have a brain cos you’re working for the train” 
 
 
Bm 
Train, train, feedly-dang 
 
E 
Feedle-otten Deeten-do Dangy-do 
 
                                  F# 
Feedle-otten Deeten-do Ding-Train-True 
 
                                                       Bm 
I started working for the train when I was looking for you 
 
F# 
I started working for the 
 
Bm 
Train, train, feedly-dang 
 
E 
Feedle-otten Deeten-do Dangy-do 
 
                                  F# 
Feedle-otten Deeten-do Ding-Train-True 
 
I started working for the train 
 
 
And now I’ve finally found you 
 
Bm A F E D 
I’ve finally found you 
 
Bm A F E D 
I’ve finally found you 
 
Bm A F E D 
I’ve finally found you 
 
Bm A F E D 
I’ve finally found you