Chords by Steve Meger, Gavin Mudd or Jim Heald.
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Night Train - Chords
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Transcribed and tabbed by Steve Meger (sam@michaelsengineering.com).
Tuning - Drop F# (EADF#BE)
Intro riff:
D-string : 2/4/2/0
A-string : 2/4/2/0
E-string: 2
Verse:
F# something?, (or is it Bm sus something with F# bass?)
2-2-0-0-0-0
riff between chords:
A-string 4
D-string 0
A-string 4
D-string 2
E-string 0 . . .
E (6th)
0-2-2-2-(2)-x (faint C# on 2nd string, implied E6th)
repeat several times
Bridge:
F#m7/11
2-4-4-3-0-0
G6/9
3-5-5-3-0-0 (use thumb for bass note on low E string)
F#m7/11
2-4-4-3-0-0
G#m something?? (use thumb)
4-6-6-4-0-0
Ending (electric solo with gated reverb):
G#m something??
4-6-6-4-0-0 (each variation get 4 beats)
4-6-6-0-0-0
4-6-6-4-0-0
4-6-6-0-0-0
Emaj7sus??
0-6-6-4-0-0
0-6-6-0-0-0
0-6-6-4-0-0
0-6-6-0-0-0
repeat and fade
Night Train - Chords
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Chords by Gavin Mudd
Tuning - Drop F#
Start :
D-string : 2/4/2/0
A-string : 2/4/2/0
Then F#??m7??
2-X-2-0-3-0
E
0-2-2-2-0-0
Change : F#??
2-4-4-0-3-0 ?
2-4-4-0-0-0 ?
G#??
4-6-6-0-5-0 ?
4-6-6-0-0-0 ?
NIGHT TRAIN
Bruce Cockburn
From: Charity of Night
Transcribed by Jim Heald (jheald@aol.com)
Intro:
| D / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
| E / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
| D / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Not a knife throw from here you can hear the night train passing
| E / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
thats the sound somebody makes when they're getting away
| D / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
leaving next weeks hanging jury far behind them
| E / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
prisoner only of the choices they have made
| D / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | E / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Night Train
| D / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | E / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Night Train
Ice cube in a dark drink shines like star light
the moon is floating somewhere out at sea
on an island in the blur of noise and color
Alcatraz, St. Alina, Patmos and the Chateau D'if
Night Train
Night Train
F#
And everyone's an island edged with sand
G
a temporary refuge where somebody else can stand
F#
till the sea that binds us like the forced tie of a blood oath
G A? E
will wear it down, dissolve it, recombine it
Anyone can die here they do it every day
it doesn't take much effort though it goes against the grain
and the ultimate forgetfulness of violence
sweeps the landscape like a headlight of a train
Night Train
Ice cube in a dark drink shines like star light
starlight shines like glass shards in dark hair
and the mind's eye tumbles out along the steel track
fixing every shadow with its stare
Night Train
Night Train
F# ...
And in the absence of a vision there are nightmares
and in the absence of compassion there is cancer
whose banner waves over palaces and mean streets
and the rhythm of the night train is a mantra
D|E ...