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Male vocalists - original key and chords:
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What did I do yesterday? Let me tell you again | E / / / | G / A7 / | D / / / |B7 / / / |
It's not like the adverts pretend when you travel by train | E / / / | G / A7 / |F# / / / | C / B7 / |
For this epicene youth, with his beard and improbable tan, | A / / / | C / / / | E / / / | / / / / |
Loomed uncomfortably close, with a stare like a dirty old man |Am7/ / / |Bm7 / / / | A / / / | E / / / |
| / / / / | (repeat to last verse)
Female vocalists - Transposition as sung at FoD:
What did I do yesterday? Let me tell you again | A / / / | C / D7 / | G / / / |E7 / / / |
It's not like the adverts pretend when you travel by train | A / / / | C / D7 / | B / / / | F / E7 / |
For this epicene youth, with his beard and improbable tan, | D / / / | F / / / | A / / / | / / / / |
Loomed uncomfortably close, with a stare like a dirty old man |Dm7/ / / |Em7 / / / | D / / / | A / / / |
| / / / / | (repeat to last verse)
Well he pulled out his Thermos, his bobble hat and his cagoule
Invading my personal space with this motley, the fool,
And there on his notepad, he kept ostentatiously jotting
The stuff I suppose that you write when you go out train-spotting
Now although I'd have rather been reading the latest Bernieres
I found that the book that I'd brought must have been the au pair's
I opened it up, looked engrossed, hoping he wouldn't speak
Or notice the book might as well have been Sanskrit or Greek
Well, I prayed that the train wouldn't crash, or this awful buffoon
Might do me some damage by hauling me out far too soon
And gaily exclaim as the rescuers rushed to the wreck
'Have you got any Band-Aid? - I think that she's broken her neck'
Despite being hampered by having to fill up his carrier
I could feel his hot breath right behind as I went through the barrier
He was stopped in his tracks when the ticket collector said 'Tough!'
'Ten quid, mate, in this day and age, isn't nearly enough'
Female vocalists - Transposition as sung at FoD (last verse):
Well now I am married, a wife, and I have children three | A / / / | C / D7 / | G / / / |E7 / / / |
Then last night my husband brought home this obscure new CD | A / / / | C / D7 / | B / / / | F / E7 / |
And there in the middle, a lyric called 'Girl on the Train' | D / / / | F / / / | A / / / | / / / / |
Which talks of a princess, and not of the right royal pain | D / / / | Bb / / / |C# / / / | / / / / |
More closely resembling some gargoyle you've seen on a drain, |Dm7/ / / |Em7 / / / | D / / / | / / / / |
Sitting opposite me | A / / / | / / ||
Male vocalists - original key and chords(last verse):
Well now I am married, a wife, and I have children three | E / / / | G / A7 / | D / / / |B7 / / / |
Then last night my husband brought home this obscure new CD | E / / / | G / A7 / |F# / / / | C / B7 / |
And there in the middle, a lyric called 'Girl on the Train' | A / / / | C / / / | E / / / | / / / / |
Which talks of a princess, and not of the right royal pain | A / / / | F / / / |Ab / / / | / / / / |
More closely resembling some gargoyle you've seen on a drain, |Am7/ / / |Bm7 / / / | A / / / | / / / / |
Sitting opposite me | E / / / | / / ||
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