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Born On The Train Chords by The Magnetic Fields

Born On The Train chords by The Magnetic Fields

Guitar chords with lyrics

BORN ON A TRAIN
Written by Stephin Merritt. Released on The Charm of the Highway Strip, the third studio album
by The Magnetic Fields. April 18, 1994

This is the key that the song is played by Arcade Fire during their live performance on the
KCRW program Morning Becomes Eclectic. It's a nice and easy way to learn the song, if
you're a beginner like me. They actually sang the lyrics out of order. So I fixed that.
This is my first tab submission. I welcome any feedback or comments :)


    D            G            A
Some roads are only seen at night

      D        G                 A
Ghost roads -- nothing but neon signs.
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    D               G             A
But some nights the neon gas gets free

    D          G                 A
and turns into walking dead like me


Chorus:
    G                A          D               G
And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep

G            A              D                 G
One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep

G                        A                  D                G
I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name

G           A         D
Baby, I was born on a train.



       D         G              A
Well I know that you were never young

      D          G                A
And I know you probably won't get old

    D                    G        A
But honey nobody's gonna hurt you anymore

    D                 G                A
And nobody's going to make you want to die


Chorus:
    G                A          D               G
And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep

G            A              D                 G
One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep

G                        A                  D                G
I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name

G           A         D
Baby, I was born on a train.


    D        G             A
I'll go some cold and grey morning,

        D     G        A
and you won't remember anything

    D            G               A
But some people don't believe in dying,

    D          G                A
and some of us don't believe in life


Chorus:
    G                A          D               G
And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep

G            A              D                 G
One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep

G                        A                  D                G
I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name

G           A         D
Baby, I was born on a train.

G           A         D

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