Key: A
Introduction:
A D9 A D9 A
Trains and boats and planes are passing by.
A Asus4A D D4 D D9
They mean a trip to Paris or Rome
A4 E7 A D9 A
For some - one else, but not for me.
A4 A A9 F#m E7 F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5) F#m Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5) F#m
Took you a - way, a - way from me.
A D9 A D9 A
We were so in love, and high above
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We had a star to wish upon wish
A4 E7 A D9 A
And dreams come true, but not for me
A4 A A9 F#m E7 F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5) F#m Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5) F#m
Took you a - way, a - way from me.
F#m F#m7 D9 E7 F#m
You are from another part of the world,
D9 Bm7(b5) F#m
You had to go back a while and then
D9 Bm7(b5) F#m
You said you soon would return again.
D9 Bm7 B7
I'm waiting here like I promised to.
D9 B7 E7(9) E7 E7(9)
I'm waiting here but where are you?
A D9 A D9 A
Trains and boats and planes took you a-way,
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But ev' ry time I see them I pray
A4 E7 A D9 A
And if my prayer can cross the sea,
A4 A A9 F#m E7 F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5) F#m Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5) F#m
Will bring you back, back home to me.
(Instrumental Coda - 3 Lines of Verse)
A4 A A9 F#m E7 F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5) F#m Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5) F#m
Will bring you back, back home to me.