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Subway

from Live in London by Nick Swan

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Song about NYC, played in London

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"Subway" by: Nick Swan

Intro - Train, chorus tease, verse riff

D E F
Standing on the platform waiting for the train to come
D E F
Looking at the people who are tired cause they wanna go home
D E F
Well they rush through the turnstile full speed ahead
D E F
Knowing they can miss it by one split-second
D E F
For a moment you can see it in their faces

Bm A
Most people live lives of quiet desperation
D/F# G
Flipping through the channels, trying to find a station
Bm A D/F# G
Where will that station be?
Bm C#m D
I've spent most of my life just waiting for the train to come

D E F D E F
Some people they go from car to car, but they're still on the same train
D E F
And they wonder why nothing's changed
D E F
Why it all just remains the same
D E F
It goes uptown, downtown, Queens bound, Brooklyn bound
D E F D E F
It goes uptown, downtown, Queens bound, Brooklyn bound

Bm A
Most people live lives of quiet desperation
D/F# G
Flipping through the channels, trying to find a station
Bm A D/F# G
Where will that station be?
Bm C#m D
I've spent most of my life just waiting for the train to come

D G
All aboard that train
D
I'm just waitin for the subway now
G
Lord to take me away
G
Cause I know where I'm going now
D
I won't go back
G D
We live our lives upon these tracks
G D
The twist and turns, the folding maps
A
They bring us home
Bm C#m D
Yeah, I've spent most of my life just waitin for the train to come

Solo/Bridge

Bm A F# G
When will my train come? (4x)


Bm C#m D
I've spent most of my life just waiting for the train to come

D G
All aboard that train
D
I'm just waitin for the subway now
G
Lord to take me away
G
Cause I know where I'm going now
D
I won't go back
G D
We live our lives upon these tracks
G D
The twist and turns, the folding maps
A
They bring us home
Bm C#m D
Yeah, I've spent most of my life just waitin for the train to come
Bm C#m D
Yeah, I've spent most of my life and I know I'm gonna find it

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from Live in London, released August 15, 2009

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Tennessee Troubadour. Playing a mix of America's best roots music, from blues & folk to classic rock & 90s grunge.

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