Train In Vain Chords

by The Clash
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
Capo: no capo
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5 contributors total, last edit on Jun 29, 2021
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Chords

D
A
Bm
F#m

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[Intro Riff]
 
(repeat as many times as needed)
 
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|---7---7----7---7--|
A|-------------------|
E|--5---5-5--5---5-5-|
 
 
[Verse]
 
                  D A A              D A A
You say you stand        by your man 
                  D A A                     D A A
Tell me something        I don't understand
             D                       Bm
You said you loved me, and that's a fact 
                D A A                        D A A
The you left me,       said you felt trapped
           D                           A
Well, some things you can't explain away 
        Bm                              D
But the heartache's with me till this day 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                       D A A
You didn't stand by me 
               D A A
No, not at all 
                       D A A
You didn't stand by me 
       D A A
No way 
 
 
[Verse]
 
              D A A                    D A A
All the times       when we were close
              D A A                       D A A
I'll remember       these things the most 
          D                           Bm
I see all my dreams come tumblin' down 
                 D A A                    D A A
I can't be happy       without you around 
    D                             A
So alone, I keep the wolves at bay 
            Bm                     D
And there's only one thing I can say 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                       D A A
You didn't stand by me 
               D A A
No, not at all 
                      D A A
You didn't stand by me 
       D A A
No way 
 
 
[Bridge]
 
             A F#m Bm                   D A A   D A A
You must expla-a-a-ain why this must be 
         A F#m Bm                       D A A   D A A
Did you li-i-i-ie when you spoke to me? 
                    D A A                D A A
Did you stand be me?      No, not at all 
 
 
[Verse]
                D A A                  D A A
Now I got a job,      but it don't pay 
                   D A A                           D A A
I need new clothes,       I need somewhere to stay
        D                              Bm
But without all of these things I can do 
                      D A A                         D A A
But without your love,      I won't make it through
    D                                   A
But you don't understand my point of view 
  Bm                           D
I suppose there nothing I can do 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                       D A A
You didn't stand by me 
               D A A
No, not at all 
                       D A A
You didn't stand by me 
       D A A
No way 
 
 
[Bridge]
 
             A F#m Bm                   D A A
You must expla-a-a-ain why this must be 
         A F#m Bm                       D A A
Did you li-i-i-ie when you spoke to me? 
                    D A A                 D A A
Did you stand be me?       No, not at all 
 
 
[Ending]
 
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|---7---7----7---7--|
A|-------------------|
E|--5---5-5--5---5-5-|
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11 comments
kawasaki377
|-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------| |---7---7----7---7--| Intro Riff |-------------------| |--5---5-5--5---5-5-| minor error, you probably meant this but just mistyped.
+22
frempresarial
The DAA part is better with the first A only with the G and B strings, and then the other A with 3 strings.I saw a video in youtube, Mick Jones playing this song with these 3 chords instead of D and two simple A, I think sounds better, I hope it could help.
+5
Riffman42
Bm, not A in the 2nd & 3rd verses on "tumblin' down" and "things I can do."
+2