Smiling At Strangers On Trains Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

G? 320000

 it was the FstranGgest Amthing CtoGday

 i saw new G7footprints in abanGdoned pathFwayGs

Ambeneath forCgotten Gundergrowth something G7stirring Gagain

 you were a FsinGgle Amred Cblood Gcell

 but i G7lost you in this Gknot of FcapillariesG Am

 but you were Cbringing me Goxygen when i G7needed it Gmost in the

Dmsmoke.

and you were always

Dmas far as mongolia, as close as my clothes

Amyour presence pervading, but it still never shows

Cas close as the answer i never quite Fknow, or can’t quite remember

Dmyour distance insidious, as soft as a blow

Amyour shadow is with me wherever i go

Cit’s on the tip of my tongue but still i never quite Fknow, or can’t quite remember

i don’t quite remember

Verse two is the same as verse one.

the forced proximity of a million different mike leigh movies

makes me long for the fresh air of a familiar face

and not the violence of loneliness, nor the unease of surrounded seclusion

i keep nearly missing you around corners and in passing trains

The chorus is the same, cept the end, where it goes:

Dmyour distance insidious, as soft as a blow

Amyour shadow is with me wherever i go

Cit’s on the tip of my tongue, it's on the tip of my-

which takes us to the outro!

F G Dm

F G Dm

Fif i’d known

if i’d known

if i’d known

 if i’d Gknown

if i’d known

 if i’d Dmknown

if i’d known

x something.

F that you weren’t so far away

G that you Dmweren’t so far away

F that you weren’t so far away

G that you were nDmever that far away

x something

 i could’ve FrooooooooooooGoooooooDmode

FthiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiGiiiiiiiiiDmiiis

FtraaaaaaGaaaaaaaDmaaaaFaaaaaaaaGaaaaaaaaDmin Fsmiling.

It's really hard to place the chords because some words are sung quickly

and some very slowly but you get the idea, hopefully :)