Tuning: Standard
C Em G D
Leif and I are on the train to New York,
C Em G D
Car thirteen ninty - ni - ei - eiiiine.
C Em G D
There's a guy with a quarter in his ear
C Em G D (1)
And I've seen Leif only once in the past two months,
(2)
Whoa
Em G D
His hair is stickin' up a little in the front
C (x) Em
Yeah, he's losing it just a bit
G D D~ D~
When I get home tonight I'll miss him, in Hampshire, yeah
C Em G D C
His glass - es, the way he writes in purple pen
Em G D C
The way his collar falls to the left
Em G D C Em G D C
Have you seen his ankles late - layyyyyy - ay - ay - ay - e-yeah
D Em G
I know he's next to me, I feel his sweater here
C D
But when I'm sleepin' its only green sheets
(3)
And the hair down my legs
C D Em
Think I'll write you Lief, when I'm here Tuesday
G D~ (4)
Sometime before you go, back on the train
C Em G D
Leif and I are on the train to New York,
C Em G D
Car thirteen ninty - ni - ei - eiiiine.
C Em G D
There's a guy with a quarter in his ear
C Em G D Em
And I've seen Leif only once in the past two months
G D
His hair is stickin' up a little in the front
C (x) Em
Yeah, he's losing it just a bit
G D C
When I get home tonight I'll miss him, in Hampshire
G D
His hair is stickin' up a little in the front
C Em
Yeah, he's losing it just a bit
G D~
When I get home tonight I'll miss him.
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FILLS
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(1)
e|--0-0-0--0-0-0--|
B|--1-1-1--1-1-1--|
G|--0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
A|--3-3-3--3-3-3--|
E|----------------|
(2)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--------7~---7p4--------|
D|----4-5---------h5------|
A|--5---------------h5----|
E|---------------------0--|
(3)
You can play this using the open G and C chords as
well, but it sounds like barre chords in the song
to me. Either way just follow this progression:
G G C G G G G C G G G G C G G G G G G G G
e|--3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B|--3-3--5--3-3-3-3--5--3-3-3-3--5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
G|--4-4--5--4-4-4-4--5--4-4-4-4--5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|--5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
(4)
Notes with a "+" under them mean that they are very
staccato (short and not accented) so if you can't
play this piece as fast as Chris, exclude these notes.
Play this piece five times, and then on the sixth time
through, strum the last half of it.
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3----------3----------------------------|
G|----4-----4----4-----4--------4-----------------|
D|-------------2---2--------5-----5----4---4h5p4--| x6
A|--3---3----------------------------5---5--------|
E|------------------------3---3-------------------|
+ + +
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