Traintime chords by Peter Hammill

Chords with lyrics

C#sus4C#sus4     C# minorC#m
Along the track the wires are humming
C#sus4C#sus4      C# minorC#m
In bursts of code like far-off drums
D MajorD  C#sus4C#sus4  D MajorD  C#sus4C#sus4
Fathering a message Further up the line
 D MajorD  C#sus4C#sus4
Someone's shouting down the passage of time

C#sus4C#sus4     C# minorC#m
The corridor restrains the window
C#sus4C#sus4    C#C#
No view without the eye (I?) within
D MajorD  C#sus4C#sus4   D MajorD  C#sus4C#sus4
Bold upon the threshold But holding on the line
D MajorD   C#sus4C#sus4
Shouting down the passage of time

Bb majorBb   A augmentedA C#C#   BB
Relatives speak on the phone on the train
AbAb  AbAb   BB  Bbsus4Bbsus4
Talking before they have thought to explain
Bb majorBb   A augmentedA C# minorC#m     BB
Voices pitched wildly on tracks in the night
AbAb    AbAb BB   Bbsus4Bbsus4
Can't pick the pace up, oh let there be light
 AbAb F#F#  E MajorE
How light becomes the soul

C#sus4C#sus4    C# minorC#m
You know yourself the centre of attention
C#sus4C#sus4    C# minorC#m
You know yourself the locus of event
D MajorD    C#sus4C#sus4    D MajorD  C#sus4C#sus4
Sorry if it's painful Quarrying the lime, stage centre
D MajorD   C#sus4C#sus4
Shouting down the passage of time

C#sus4C#sus4     C#C#
The corridor retains its shadows

its secrets compartmentalised

damping down on ambience

damp the teeth and grind

shouting down the passage of time!

Bb majorBb   A augmentedA  C# minorC#m   BB
What's there to see or make clear
AbAb   AbAb  BB  Bbsus4Bbsus4
What's there to know when the voice is right here
Bb majorBb   A augmentedA  C# minorC#m  BB
What's there to promise or vow
AbAb  AbAb   BB  Bbsus4Bbsus4
What's to believe when the time is right now

Bb majorBb   A augmentedA C# minorC#m   BB
Relatives speak on the phone on the train
AbAb  AbAb   BB  Bbsus4Bbsus4
Talking before they have thought to refrain
Bb majorBb  A augmentedA  C#C#   BB
Voices projecting, spears in mid-flight
AbAb  AbAb   BB     Bbsus4Bbsus4