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| Difficulty: | absolute beginner |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Key: | G |
| Capo: | no capo |
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Music & Lyrics: UB40 - Slinger
Album: For the Many (2019)
[Intro]
|G |Am |G |Am | x2
[Verse 1]
G Am
Musical ting call the Gravy Train
G Am
Can't afford to miss this train
G Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
G Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
[Verse 2]
G Am G Am
Another day, another dollar
G Am G Am
Feels like every day it's the same
G Am G Am
And I've given it the best years of my life
G Am G
For someone else to ride on that Gravy Train
Am
And I say
[Chorus]
G Am G
Here comes the Gravy Train
Am G Am G
You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend
Am G
You can hear the sound of laughing
G Am
As the Gravy Train is passing
G Am G Am
But that Gravy Train it won't be stopping here
[Verse 3]
G Am G Am
They say we're all in this together
G Am G Am G
But it gets harder every day (But it gets harder every day)
Am G Am
And if I work for a hundred years or more
G Am G
I still won't get my seat on that Gravy Train
Am
And I say
[Chorus]
G Am G
Here comes the Gravy Train
Am G Am G
You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend
Am G
You can hear the sound of laughing
G Am
As the Gravy Train is passing
G Am G Am
But that Gravy Train it won't be stopping here
[Bridge]
G Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
G Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
G Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
G Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
G Am
Put on some garments put on me suit
G Am
Diamond socks with criss clark shoes
G Am
Haff fi call taxi cause me nah miss the train
G Am
Miss it one time say me nah miss it again
[Verse 4]
G Am G Am
Rich man living in his castle
G Am G Am
Poor man begging at his gate
G Am
If we can only get up
G Am
And stand up for our rights
G Am G
We can send them all to hell on that Gravy Train
Am
Ya hear that! Yo yeah
[Chorus]
G Am G
Here comes the Gravy Train
Am G Am G
You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend
Am G Am
And the carriages are burning
G Am
Just to keep the wheels turning
G Am G
But that Gravy Train is running out of steam
[Chorus]
G Am G
Here comes the Gravy Train
Am G Am G
You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend
Am G
You can hear the sound of laughing
G Am
As the Gravy Train is passing
G Am G Am
But that Gravy Train it won't be stopping here
[Chorus]
G Am G
Here comes the Gravy Train
Am G Am G Am
You can hear that whistle blowing round the bend (Choo Choo Choo Choo)
Am G
You can hear the sound of laughing
G Am
As the Gravy Train is passing
G Am G Am
But that Gravy Train it won't be stopping here
[Bridge]
G Am
Wine to the left, wine to the right
G Am
Wine up front, wine a back
G Am
Wine a go down, two time
G Am
Step on the platform, right time
G Am
Right place, right line
G Am
It coulda rain, it coulda sunshine
G Am
Train it a come, 10.45
G Am
Na miss the train, not dis yah time
G Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
G Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
G Am
Choo choo I said the train is coming
G Am
Choo Choo Choo Choo
[Instrumental]
|G |Am |G |Am |
|G |Am |N.C.|N.C. |
|G |Am |G |Am | x14
[Outro]
|G |Am |G |Am | x2
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