Key: E
Introduction:
Eb
When your good nights have been said
And you're lying in bed
Ab
With the covers pulled up tight
Eb
And though you count every sheep
You get the feeling that sleep
Ab
Is going to stay away tonight.
Gm Fm
That's when you hear it coming
Gm Fm
That's when you hear the humming of the
Eb Fm Bb
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
Ab Eb
Are you real, yes or no?
Fm Eb
Starlight Express, answer me yes.
Ab Eb
I don't want you to go.
Eb
Want you to take me away
But bring me home before daylight
Ab
And in the time between
Eb
Take me to everywhere
But don't abandon me there
Ab
Just want to say I've been.
Gm Fm
I believe in you completely
Gm Fm
Though I may be dreaming sweetly
Eb
I can hear the train
Ab Eb
Here again
Fm Gm Ab
Can't explain that midnight train
Fm Fm7
That midnight train
Eb Fm Bb
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
Ab Eb
Are you real, yes or no?
Fm Eb
Starlight Express, answer me yes.
Ab Eb
I don't want you to go.
Ab Eb
And if you're there
Ab Eb
And if you know
Fm Gm
Then show me which way
Ab Fm7
I should go.
Eb Fm Bb
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
Ab Eb
Are you real, yes or no?
Fm Eb
Starlight Express, answer me yes.
Ab Eb
I don't want you to go.