The Slow Train Chords
The Slow Train by Flanders And Swann is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Dm, Gm, C, Am, A7, G, Bm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F Dm Gm C (3x)
Miller's Dale for Tideswell ...
Kirby Muxloe ...
Mow Cop and Scholar Green ...
F Dm Gm C Gm C
No more will I go to Blandford Forum and Mortehoe
F Dm Gm C Gm C
On the slow train from Midsomer Norton and Mumby Road.
Am Dm
No churns, no porter, no cat on a seat
Gm A7
At Chorlton-cum-Hardy or Chester-le-Street.
Dm G
We won't be meeting again
C
On the Slow Train.
F Dm Gm C Gm C
I'll travel no more from Littleton Badsey to Openshaw.
F Dm Gm C Gm C
At Long Stanton I'll stand well clear of the doors no more.
Am Dm
No whitewashed pebbles, no Up and no Down
Gm A7
From Formby Four Crosses to Dunstable Town.
Dm G
I won't be going again
C
On the Slow Train.
Am
On the Main Line and the Goods Siding
Bm Em
The grass grows high
Dm Em Dm
At Dog Dyke, Tumby Woodside, and Trouble House Halt.
F Dm Gm C Gm C
The Sleepers sleep at Audlem and Ambergate.
F Dm Gm C Gm C
No passenger waits on Chittening platform or Cheslyn Hay.
Am Dm
No one departs, no one arrives
Gm A7
From Selby to Goole, from St Erth to St Ives.
Dm G
They've all passed out of our lives
C
On the Slow Train, on the Slow Train.
Fades out - F Dm Gm C