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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Yellow Belt
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Belt (White Belt when played with The Bouncer Rhythm)
Most Advanced Chord Change: Yellow Belt (White Belt when played with Django chords only)
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Tom Waits, Downtown Train Chords
Chords: Capo 1st
Django D Chord
Django G Chord
Django A Chord
Django Em Chord
Key: with capo Eb without D
Strumming:
'Straight 8s':
|D U D U D U D U |
'Straight 8s':(downstrums)
|D D D D D D D D |
See Yellow Belt Version for more advanced rhythms.
Tempo:
115 bpm
Intro -
Chords:
||D - - - |G - A - || x2
Verse -
||D - - - |G - A - || x4
(D) Outside, a(G)nother
(A)yellow
(D)moon,
Has punched a
(G)hole in the
(A)night-time,
(D)yes.
I
(G)climb through the window and
(A)down to the
(D)street
I'm
(G)shining like a
(A)new dime.
PreChorus -
||G - - - |A - - - || x3
(G) The downtown
(A)trains are full,
(G) With all of those
(A)Brooklyn girls.
(G) They try so hard to
(A)break out of their little worlds.
Verse -
||D - - - |G - A - || x4
(D) Well, you wave your
(G)hand and they
(A)scatter like crows,
(D) They have
(G)nothing that
(A)will ever capture your
(D)heart.
They're (G)just thorns, with(A)out the
(D)rose;
Be care(G)ful of
(A)them in the dark.
PreChorus -
||G - - - |A - - - || x3
(G) Oh, if I
(A)was the one,
(G)you chose to be your only
(A)one.
Oh baby,
(G) can't you hear me now?
(A) Can't you hear me now?
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown
(G)train?
(D) Every (G)night it's just the same;
(Em)
(A) you leave me lonely, now.
Verse -
||D - - - |G - A - || x4
(D) I know your (G)window and (A)I know it's
(D)late,
I know
(G)your stairs and your
(A)doorway.
(D) I walk down your (G)street and
(A)past your
(D)gate,
I stand
(G)by the light at the
(A)four-way.
PreChorus -
||G - - - |A - - - || x3
(G) You watch them as they (A)fall,
Oh (G)baby, they all have heart-(A)attacks.
They
(G)stay at the carnival but they'll
(A)never win you back.
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown
(G)train?
(D) Every night
(G) every night it's just the
(Em)same;
(A) oh baby
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown
(G)train?
(D) All of my
(G)dreams, they fall like (Em)rain,
oh
(A)baby, on a downtown train
Middle 8 -
||D - A - ||x2 ||D - G - |A - - - |
||D - A - ||x2 ||D - G - |A - - - ||A - - - -|
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown
(G)train?
(D) Every night (G) every night it's just the
(Em)same;
(A) oh baby
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown
(G)train?
(D) All of my
(G)dreams, just fall like
(Em)rain,
oh
(A)all on a downtown train
Ending -
||D - - - |G - A - || Repeat To Fade
(D) (G)all on a (A)downtown train
Final Chord Strum: D
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Tom Waits, Downtown Train Chords
Chords: Capo 1st
Open D Chord
Open G Chord
Open A Chord
Open Em Chord
Key: with capo Eb without D
Tempo:
115 bpm
Strumming:
'Straight 8s':(downstrums)
|D D D D D D D D |
'Triplet':
|D D D D |
'1 Strum'
|D |
Intro -
Chords:
||D - - - |G - A - || x2
Verse -
||D - - - |G - A - || x4
(D) Outside, a(G)nother (A)yellow (D)moon,
Has punched a (G)hole in the (A)night-time, (D)yes.
I (G)climb through the window and (A)down to the (D)street
I'm (G)shining like a (A)new dime.
PreChorus -
||G - - - |A - - - || x3
(G) The downtown (A)trains are full,
(G) With all of those (A)Brooklyn girls.
(G) They try so hard to (A)break out of their little worlds.
Verse -
||D - - - |G - A - || x4
(D) Well, you wave your (G)hand and they (A)scatter like crows,
(D) They have (G)nothing that (A)will ever capture your (D)heart.
They're (G)just thorns, with(A)out the (D)rose;
Be care(G)ful of (A)them in the dark.
PreChorus -
||G - - - |A - - - || x3
(G) Oh, if I (A)was the one, (G)you chose to be your only (A)one.
Oh baby, (G) can't you hear me now?
(A) Can't you hear me now?
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown (G)train?
(D) Every (G)night it's just the same; (Em)
(A) you leave me lonely, now.
Verse -
||D - - - |G - A - || x4
(D) I know your (G)window and (A)I know it's (D)late,
I know (G)your stairs and your (A)doorway.
(D) I walk down your (G)street and (A)past your (D)gate,
I stand (G)by the light at the (A)four-way.
PreChorus -
||G - - - |A - - - || x3
(G) You watch them as they (A)fall,
Oh (G)baby, they all have heart-(A)attacks.
They (G)stay at the carnival but they'll (A)never win you back.
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown (G)train?
(D) Every night (G) every night it's just the (Em)same;
(A) oh baby
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown (G)train?
(D) All of my (G)dreams, they fall like (Em)rain,
oh (A)baby, on a downtown train
Middle 8 -
||D - A - ||x2 ||D - G - |A - - - |
( Triplet ) (Triplet /1 Strum)
||D - A - ||x2 ||D - G - |A - - - ||A - - - -|
( Triplet ) (Triplet /1 Strum/1 Strum)
Chorus -
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
||D - - - |G - - - || x3
|Em - - - |A - - - |
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown (G)train?
(D) Every night (G) every night it's just the (Em)same;
(A) oh baby
(D) Will I see you to(G)night,
(D) On a downtown (G)train?
(D) All of my (G)dreams, just fall like (Em)rain,
oh (A)all on a downtown train
Ending -
||D - - - |G - A - || Repeat To Fade
(D) (G)all on a (A)downtown train
Final Chord Strum: D
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