Traintime Chords
Traintime by Peter Hammill is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords C#sus4, C#m, D, C#, Bb, A, B, Ab, Bbsus4, F# and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C#sus4 C#m
Along the track the wires are humming
C#sus4 C#m
In bursts of code like far-off drums
D C#sus4 D C#sus4
Fathering a message Further up the line
D C#sus4
Someone's shouting down the passage of time
C#sus4 C#m
The corridor restrains the window
C#sus4 C#
No view without the eye (I?) within
D C#sus4 D C#sus4
Bold upon the threshold But holding on the line
D C#sus4
Shouting down the passage of time
Bb A C# B
Relatives speak on the phone on the train
Ab Ab B Bbsus4
Talking before they have thought to explain
Bb A C#m B
Voices pitched wildly on tracks in the night
Ab Ab B Bbsus4
Can't pick the pace up, oh let there be light
Ab F# E
How light becomes the soul
C#sus4 C#m
You know yourself the centre of attention
C#sus4 C#m
You know yourself the locus of event
D C#sus4 D C#sus4
Sorry if it's painful Quarrying the lime, stage centre
D C#sus4
Shouting down the passage of time
C#sus4 C#
The corridor retains its shadows
its secrets compartmentalised
damping down on ambience
damp the teeth and grind
shouting down the passage of time!
Bb A C#m B
What's there to see or make clear
Ab Ab B Bbsus4
What's there to know when the voice is right here
Bb A C#m B
What's there to promise or vow
Ab Ab B Bbsus4
What's to believe when the time is right now
Bb A C#m B
Relatives speak on the phone on the train
Ab Ab B Bbsus4
Talking before they have thought to refrain
Bb A C# B
Voices projecting, spears in mid-flight
Ab Ab B Bbsus4
Frozen forever, oh let there be light!!