Acela Chords
Acela by Fountains of Wayne is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Wanted to find the chords for the song but I couldn't so I reluctantly transcribed it
out. So here it is for everyone else to enjoy.
Intro: C, F x4
C F
There's a train on a track
C F
Painted silver, blue and black
C F
Heading to Massachusetts
C F
And then it's coming back
G
And it's entertaining by New Haven
F C F C F
Once you've had yourself a drink or two, ooh ooh
G
All alone on the Acela
F C F
Tell me baby, where the hell are you?
C F
Ooh ooh
C F
There's a girl on the train
C F
Leaning on a window pane
C F
Reading People Magazine
C F
Just to help turn off her brain
G
And I swear I caught her staring at me
F C F C F
Maybe I've been staring at her too, ooh ooh
G
Shot to hell on the Acela
F
Just as well, there's nothing else to do
C F
Ooh ooh
C F
Am F
When they called "All aboard"
C G
You were nowhere to be found
Am F
Though you swore you were sure
C G
You'd come with me out of town
Am
And I looked in all the stars
I looked in Hudson News
Searched for any sign of you
But you had not left any clues
C F C F
I was so confused
C F
What was I supposed to do?
C F
Now the world is a blur
C F
And the engine starts to purr
C F
And we're flying through Rhode Island
C F
The conductor calls me "Sir,
G F C F C F
for your information it's a station at about 11:22", ooh ooh
G
Got to get the next Acela
F C F
Got to make my way back home too
G
Got to get the next Acela
F C F
Got to get myself back home to you