Gravy Train chords by UB40

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

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


Intro:
|G+G  |A minorAm  |G+G  |A minorAm  | x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Instrumental:
|G+G  |A minorAm  |G+G  |A minorAm  |
|G+G  |A minorAm  |N.C.|N.C. |
|G+G  |A minorAm  |G+G  |A minorAm  | x14

Outro:
|G+G  |A minorAm  |G+G  |A minorAm  | x2