Gravy Train chords by UB40

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Music & Lyrics: UB40 - Slinger
Album: For the Many (2019


Intro:
|G  |Am  |G  |Am  | x2

Verse 1:
G        Am
 Musical ting call the Gravy Train
G               Am
 Can't afford to miss this train
 G         Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
 G         Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming

Verse 2:
G     Am     G  Am
 Another day, another dollar
G      Am        G  Am
 Feels like every day it's the same
G     Am       G        Am
 And I've given it the best years of my life
  G        Am        G
For someone else to ride on that Gravy Train
Am
 And I say

Chorus:
G   Am      G
 Here comes the Gravy Train
Am    G         Am         G
 You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend
Am    G
 You can hear the sound of laughing
    G        Am
As the Gravy Train is passing
     G       Am        G  Am
But that Gravy Train it won't be stopping here

Verse 3:
G        Am       G   Am
 They say we're all in this together
G      Am     G         Am      G
 But it gets harder every day (But it gets harder every day)
  Am       G         Am
And if I work for a hundred years or more
  G          Am       G
I still won't get my seat on that Gravy Train
Am
 And I say

Chorus:
G   Am      G
 Here comes the Gravy Train
Am    G         Am         G
 You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend
Am    G
 You can hear the sound of laughing
    G        Am
As the Gravy Train is passing
     G       Am        G  Am
But that Gravy Train it won't be stopping here

Bridge:
 G         Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
 G         Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
 G         Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
 G         Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
G          Am
Put on some garments put on me suit
G         Am
Diamond socks with criss clark shoes
G             Am
Haff fi call taxi cause me nah miss the train
G            Am
Miss it one time say me nah miss it again

Verse 4:
G     Am      G   Am
 Rich man living in his castle
G     Am     G   Am
 Poor man begging at his gate
G       Am
 If we can only get up
  G           Am
And stand up for our rights
    G         Am        G
We can send them all to hell on that Gravy Train
  Am
Ya hear that! Yo yeah

Chorus:
G   Am      G
 Here comes the Gravy Train
Am    G         Am         G
 You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend
Am    G       Am
 And the carriages are burning
    G        Am
Just to keep the wheels turning
     G       Am        G
But that Gravy Train is running out of steam

Chorus:
G   Am      G
 Here comes the Gravy Train
Am    G         Am         G
 You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend
Am    G
 You can hear the sound of laughing
    G        Am
As the Gravy Train is passing
     G       Am        G  Am
But that Gravy Train it won't be stopping here

Chorus:
G   Am      G
 Here comes the Gravy Train
Am    G         Am         G       Am
 You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend (Choo Choo Choo Choo)
Am    G
 You can hear the sound of laughing
    G        Am
As the Gravy Train is passing
     G       Am        G  Am
But that Gravy Train it won't be stopping here

Bridge:
G         Am
 Wine to the left, wine to the right
G       Am
 Wine up front, wine a back
G        Am
 Wine a go down, two time
G           Am
 Step on the platform, right time
G      Am
 Right place, right line
G          Am
 It coulda rain, it coulda sunshine
G         Am
 Train it a come, 10.45
G          Am
 Na miss the train, not dis yah time
 G         Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
 G         Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
 G         Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
 G     Am
Choo Choo Choo Choo

Instrumental:
|G  |Am  |G  |Am  |
|G  |Am  |N.C.|N.C. |
|G  |Am  |G  |Am  | x14

Outro:
|G  |Am  |G  |Am  | x2