Uptown Train chords by Jeff Daniels

Chords with lyrics

C majorC                         C7C7
Standin’ on a platform, waitin’ on an uptown train

FF                      C majorC
Standin’ on a platform, waitin’ on an uptown train

   G+G              FF    C majorC
That train comes in, I’m a-gonna ride my blues away


C majorC                     C7C7
Man with a briefcase, givin’ me an evil eye

FF                   C majorC
Man with a briefcase, givin’ me an evil eye

     G+G             FF        C majorC
Go, on, Mister, chase that dollar till the day you die

C majorC                       C7C7
Strung out junkie just dyin’ for a little taste

FF                     C majorC
Strung out junkie just dyin’ for a little taste

    G+G            FF        C majorC
His clock is tickin’ and there ain’t no time to waste


C majorC                   C7C7
Po-liceman leanin’ up against the wall

FF                 C majorC
Po-liceman leanin’ up against the wall

G+G                  FF     C majorC
Well, you look away, you don’t see nothin’ at all


C majorC                            C7C7
We’re all standin on a platform, waitin’ on an uptown train

FF                           C majorC
We’re all standin on a platform, waitin’ on an uptown train

G+G                   FF        C majorC
When that train comes in, we’re gonna ride our blues away


C majorC                        C7C7
Little old lady, she got both hands on her purse

FF                     C majorC
Little old lady, she got both hands on her purse

G+G                 FF           C majorC
Things are bad, and she’ll be damned if they’re gonna get worse

C majorC                       C7C7
Homeless Joe, he’s gotta big bag of soda cans

FF                     C majorC
Homeless Joe, he’s gotta big bag of soda cans

G+G               FF      C majorC
When he cashes in, he’s gonna be a wealthy man


C majorC                               C7C7
There’s an old black man, he’s got a feather in his pork pie hat

FF                               C majorC
There’s an old black man, he’s got a feather in his pork pie hat

G+G                    FF       C majorC
And the smile on his face says, Whaddya think about that?


C majorC                         C7C7
Standin’ on a platform, waitin’ on an uptown train

FF                       C majorC
Standin’ on a platform, waitin’ on an uptown train

G+G                FF        C majorC
That train comes in, we’re gonna ride our blues away

G+G                FF        C majorC
That train comes in, we’re gonna ride our blues away

G+G                FF        C majorC
That train comes in, we’re gonna ride our blues away