Some Of My Best Friends Are Trains chords by The Waterboys

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Am G Am G Am G Am G

Verse:
 Am                       G
Flashman's in the belfry, shouting as loud as he can
Am
Samson's up all night again, talking about himself
    G
What a wonderful man
  D          Em
And I'm just wild about Ronnie
  C            D
And Ronnie's just wild about me
     Em             C
I saw him selling winter coats on the Portobello Road
       D                     Em
I thought, I bet he wishes he was really working for the NME

Chorus:
     Am  D  G     D
When the gang come down here again
      Am              G
And they're phoning up Australia and they call each other names
     Am                G
And they all just wanna look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine
    Am    C      G
Some of my best friends are trains

Verse:
  Am                       G
Now Steven's in a sweat, he just can't read Kerouac books, no
  Am                          G
And Robin's all excuses, says he can't find much, but he does look
    D
He goes up to the playfair
    Em
He goes down with the stars
    C             D
He goes wild all the weekend in a girlfriend's car
    Em              C
And he calls me from Chelsea and he says it's such a thrill
       D                   Em
And though I don't believe a word, but he keeps me talking

Chorus:
     Am  D  G     D
Till the gang come down here again
      Am              G
And they're phoning up Australia and they call each other names
     Am                G
And they all just wanna look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine
    Am    C      G
Some of my best friends are trains

Instrumental:
Am G Am G
D Em C D Em C D
Am G Am G Am G Am C G

Verse:
  Am
And did you ever have one of those days
     G
Where the world's wide open and you can do anything
      Am
And you can go anywhere and you don't have to think
   G
About who you'll offend every time that you even blink
  D              Em
I'm going to the station where a big red train
  C             D
Is waiting to take me to the country again
   Em              C
Then you'll come from Yonkers, but why should I care
   D                   Em
It'll rain and rain for days and days and you know I won't be there

Chorus:
     Am  D  G     D
When the gang come down here again
      Am              G
And they're phoning up Australia and they call each other names
     Am                G
And they all just wanna look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine
    Am    C
Some of my best friends

Chorus:
     Am  D  G     D
Yeah, the gang come down here again
      Am              G
And they're phoning up Australia and they call each other names
     Am                G
And they all just wanna look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine
    Am    C      G
Some of my best friends are trains

Outro:
Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G