Venus Stop The Train Chords

by Wilco
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Complete version of the tab with chords that Jay Bennett plays on piano.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Capo: no capo
Author tatekrasner [pro] 33. Last edit on Aug 10, 2020

Chords

E
C#m7
Cmaj7
B7
Em
Em/G
F#m7
B
F#m
A
C#m
C#m/C
E/G#
F#m7/B

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[Intro]
E C#m7 Cmaj7 B7 x2
 
 
[Verse 1]
E
 
C#m7            Cmaj7    B7
Venus, stop the train
Em      Cmaj7             Cmaj7  B7 E
For the brakeman lost his place
C#m7            Cmaj7        B7           E
Satellites were spinning and out of space
C#m7               Cmaj7              B7
They televised her feelings while the light
Em/G             F#m7
The light struck terror
 
 
[Chorus]
E         B                    F#m               A
I kept my distance because she fell in love with everyone
E       B                F#m
Smoking grass and taking Christmas trees
    A                 C#m
She fell in love with me
        C#m/C
I was polite to her
B              A                     E/G#
A soft sadness having much more than her
F#m
Loneliness
 
 
[Verse 2]
E
 
C#m7                  Cmaj7   B7 E
Her father warmed the benches
     C#m7  Cmaj7  B7                 E
Vice president of southern branches
           C#m7      Cmaj7     B7            E
He reached out to her when her mother slept
         C#m7             Cmaj7  B7
He would never forget the light
    Em/G       F#m7
The light, the light striking terror
 
 
[Chorus]
E         B                    F#m               A
I kept my distance because she fell in love with everyone
E       B                F#m
Smoking grass and taking Christmas trees
    A                 C#m
She fell in love with me
        C#m/C
I was polite to her
B              A                     E/G#
A soft sadness having much more than her
F#m
Loneliness
 
 
[Verse 3]
E
 
C#m7       Cmaj7     B7 E
Satellites spinning
C#m7       Cmaj7  B7
Satellites spin
         E
Well the light
    C#m7       Cmaj7
The light, the light
    B7         Em/G
The light, the light
    F#m7
The light strikes terror
    F#m7/B
The light strikes terror
 
 
[Chorus]
E         B                    F#m               A
I kept my distance because she fell in love with everyone
E       B                F#m
Smoking grass and taking Christmas trees
    A                 C#m
She fell in love with me
        C#m/C
I was polite to her
B              A                     E/G#
A soft sadness having much more than her
F#m
Ugliness
 
 
[Chorus]
E         B                    F#m               A
I kept my distance because she fell in love with everyone
E       B                F#m
Smoking grass and taking Christmas trees
    A                 C#m
She fell in love with me
        C#m/C       B
I was polite to her
                A            E/G#
I reach my soft hand out to her
F#m
I've known her for a very, very long time
 
 
[Outro]
E C#m7 Cmaj7 B7 E
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Venus Stop The Train – Wilco
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2 comments
mandostroke1
this is the one
+1
sdwood.76
This seems pretty much it to me. Possibly on the piano it sounds more like c# e g bflat which is not quite c#m7. Also before the A on the soft sadness is D/A that you cam hear on the piano.
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