Slow Train Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays499

Slow Train by Kevin Morby is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords Amaj7, Dmaj7, E, D, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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INTRO 

Amaj7  Dmaj7 


verse 1 
Amaj7   Dmaj7          Amaj7     Dmaj7 
Slow train don't you know nothing 
     Amaj7        Dmaj7         Amaj7   Dmaj7 
Swim through my veins on a slow train 
      Amaj7       Dmaj7 
I am lost on the run 
       Amaj7         Dmaj7 
I am buried on the ground 
 Amaj7       Dmaj7          Amaj7   
Around the ben comes a slow train, train 


Chorus 
E              D           A   D-A (just a quick D) 
 Release the fire out of me 
E               D             A     D-A 
 I don't wanna burn from the inside 
E                  D                       A      D-A 
 I don't know my name and I don't know my purpose 
E                 D               
 I just know my place on the slow  


POST-Chorus 
Amaj7   Dmaj7     x4 (don't repeat 'train') 
train 


verse 2 
Amaj7               Dmaj7                    Amaj7   Dmaj7 
   Standing on the platform waiting for that train 
Amaj7             Dmaj7                  Amaj7   Dmaj7  
  Sonny were too late now, train already came 
Amaj7              Dmaj7                     Amaj7  Dmaj7 
  Waiting out the rain now, waiting for that sun 
Amaj7          Dmaj7                Amaj7 
  Waiting on a train that's already gone, gone 


Chorus (no words) 

E   D     \ 
A   D-A   / x3 

E   D 
E 


BRIDGE 
Bm            D            A    E 
 Release the fire out of me 
Bm              D             A     E 
 I don't wanna burn from the inside 
Bm                D                         A      E 
 I don't know my name and I don't know my purpose 
Bm               D                 
 I just know my place on the slow 


POST-Chorus 
Amaj7   Dmaj7     x4 (don't repeat 'train') 
train 


OUTRO 
Amaj7           Dmaj7               Amaj7   Dmaj7  \ 
  A slow train coming, a slow train gone           / x4 (with minor variations on phrasing) 


end on Amaj7 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante