EbBb/DBbm/Db She was beautiful as Southern skies
 
C7 The night he met her
 
Fm7Bb9 She was married to someone
 
EbBb/DBbm/DbC He was doggedly determined that he would get her
 
Fm7Ab/Eb Eb He was old, he was young
 
Db/Eb From time to time he'd tip his heart
 
Ab/EbAbEbmaj7/G But each time she withdrew
EbDb/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
Ab/EbEbm7 Everybody thinks it's true
 
EbDb/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
Ab/EbEbm7EbDb/EbAb/EbEbm7 Everybody thinks it's true
EbBb/DBbm/DbC7 Well eventually the boy and the girl get married
 
Fm7Bb9 Sure enough they have a son
 
EbBb/DBbm/DbC And though they both were occupied with the child she carried
 
Fm7Ab/Eb Eb Disagreements had begun
 
Db/Eb And in a while they fell apart
 
Ab/EbAbEbmaj7/G It wasn't hard to do
EbDb/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
Ab/EbEbm7 Everybody thinks it's true
 
EbDb/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
Ab/EbEb Everybody thinks it's true
Dbmaj9Cm7 Two disappointed believers
 
BdimCm7/Bb Two people playing the game
 
AbEb/G Negotiations and love songs
 
GbDb/FCbBb11 Are often mistaken for one and the same
EbBb/DBbm/DbC7 Now the man and the woman remain in contact
 
Fm7Bb9 Let us say it's for the child
 
EbBb/DBbm/Db With disagreements about the meaning
 
C Of a marriage contract
 
Fm7Ab/Eb Eb Conversations hard and wild
Db/Eb He makes her laugh
 
Ab/EbAbEbmaj7/G She cooks a meal or two
EbDb/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
Ab/EbEbm7 Everybody thinks it's true
 
EbDb/Eb Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
Ab/EbEb Everybody thinks it's true
Dbmaj9Cm7 What is the point of this story
 
BdimCm7/Bb What information pertains
 
AbEb/G The thought that life could be better
 
GbDb/F Is woven indelibly
 
CbBb11Bb11EbDb/Eb Into our hearts and our brains
 
Ab/EbEbm7 (Like a train in the distance)
EbDb/EbAb/EbEbm7