Born On The Train Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays400

Born On The Train by Magnetic Fields is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			    D            G            A 
Some roads are only seen at night  

      D        G                 A 
Ghost roads -- nothing but neon signs.  

    D               G             A 
But some nights the neon gas gets free 

    D          G                 A 
and turns into walking dead like me 


 
    G                A          D               G 
And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep 

G            A              D                 G 
One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep  

G                        A                  D                G 
I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name  

G           A         D 
Baby, I was born on a train.  



       D         G              A 
Well I know that you were never young  

      D          G                A 
And I know you probably won't get old  

    D                    G        A 
But honey nobody's gonna hurt you anymore  

    D                 G                A 
And nobody's going to make you want to die 



    G                A          D               G 
And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep 

G            A              D                 G 
One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep  

G                        A                  D                G 
I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name  

G           A         D 
Baby, I was born on a train.  


    D        G             A 
I'll go some cold and grey morning, 

        D     G        A 
and you won't remember anything  

    D            G               A 
But some people don't believe in dying, 

    D          G                A 
and some of us don't believe in life 



    G                A          D               G 
And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep 

G            A              D                 G 
One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep  

G                        A                  D                G 
I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name  

G           A         D 
Baby, I was born on a train.  

G           A         D 
Baby, I was born on a train. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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100 BPM Andante