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