Paul Simon – Train In The Distance

Like so many of Paul Simon's works, the technique of each proves extremely difficult.
I attempted a chorded version of this song after listening to the acoustic demo
available on the Hearts & Bones record.

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Chords:  (Low E-String dropped to D)

        DADGBe               DADGBe               DADGBe
D:      000232     F#m:      042200     A11:      009000
D9:     000210     Am/C:     032210     G6:       554030
D6:     000430     B7:       021200     D/F#:     400200
Dmaj9:  000220     Em:       022000     Cmaj9:    032400
Bm7:    024232     Bb/A7:    x12320     B11:      004200
F:      x33210     C:        x32010     Bb:       x12221
Open:   000000

[Intro]
         (x2)

[Verse One]
          
She was beauti

          
ful as Souther

             
n skies, the n


ight he met he

r,
            
she was marrie

         
d to someone..

.
          
He was doggedl

          
y determined t

             
hat he would g


et her,
            
he was old, he

         
 was young...
             
From time to t

            
ime he'd tip h

            
is heart, but 

              
each time she 

      
withdrew,
          
Everybody love

          
s the sound of

    
 a train in th

e distance,
            
Everybody thin

          
ks it's true..

 
.

[Verse Two]
          
Well, eventual

          
ly the boy and

              
 the girl get 


married,
            
Sure enough th

         
ey have a son.

..
             
And though the

        
y both were oc

             
cupied, with t

   
he child she c

arried,
            
Disagreements 

      
had begun...
             
And in a while

            
 they fell apa

            
rt, it wasn't 

           
hard to do,
          
Everybody love

          
s the sound of

   
 a train in th

e distance,
            
Everybody thin

          
ks it's true..

 
.

[Bridge]
         
Two disappoint

           
ed believers, 

         
two people pla

         
ying the game
            
Negotiations a

          
nd love songs 

            
are often mist

            
aken for one a

      (
nd the same

[Verse Three]
          
Now the man an

          
d the woman re

        
main in contac

t,
            
let us say it'

          
s for the chil

d...
          
With disagreem

              
ents about the

          
 meaning, of a

          
 marriage cont

ract,
            
Conversations 

       
hard and wild.

..
             
But from time 

            
to time, he ma

              
kes her laugh,

            
 she cooks a m

          
eal or two
          
Everybody love

          
s the sound of

   
 a train in th

e distance,
            
Everybody thin

          
ks it's true..

 
.
          
Everybody love

          
s the sound of

   
 a train in th

e distance,
            
Everybody thin

          
ks it's true..

 
.

[Bridge]
         
What is the po

           
int of this st

         
ory, what info

        
rmation pertai

n,
            
The thought th

              
at life could 

  
be better,
            
Is woven indel

              
ibly, into our

            
 hearts, and o

  (
ur brains...

[Outro]
         (x2)

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