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Trains and Boats and Planes
Words & Music by Hal David & Burt BacharachRecorded by Dion Warwick, 1966 (#22
A D9 A D9 A
Trains and boats and planes are passing by.
A Asus4 A D Dsus4 D D9 D9
They mean a trip to Paris or Rome
Asus4 E7 A D9 A
For some - one else, but not for me.
Asus4 A A9 F#m E7 F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 F#m Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 F#m
Took you a - way, a - way from me.
A D9 A D9 A
We were so in love, and high above
A Asus4 A D Dsus4 D D9 D
We had a star to wish upon wish
Asus4 E7 A D9 A
And dreams come true, but not for me
Asus4 A A9 F#m E7 F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 F#m Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 F#m
Took you a - way, a - way from me.
F#m F#m+7 D9 E7 F#m
You are from another part of the world,
D9 Bm7-5 F#m
You had to go back a while and then
D9 Bm7-5 F#m
You said you soon would return again.
D9 Bm7 B7
I'm waiting here like I promised to.
D9 B7 E7/9 E7 E7/9
I'm waiting here but where are you?
A D9 A D9 A
Trains and boats and planes took you a-way,
A Asus4 A D Dsus4 D D9 D
But ev' ry time I see them I pray
Asus4 E7 A D9 A
And if my prayer can cross the sea,
Asus4 A A9 F#m E7 F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 F#m Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 F#m
Will bring you back, back home to me.
(Instrumental Coda - 3 Lines of Verse)
Asus4 A A9 F#m E7 F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 F#m Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 F#m
Will bring you back, back home to me.
Okay, I admit it: I caved on this one. I've never been a huge fan of Bert Bacharach's music, because of his irregular melodies, and I've never been a huge fan of Dionne Warwick either, because despite a gorgeous, powerful voice, she's got a vibrato you could drive a truck through and I often found that distracting. So why am I including this song at all? For no better reason than the fact that I saw somebody looking for it in one of the guitar-related newsgroups and thought, "Gee, hasn't anybody done that one?"