This Train Is My Life
Marillion
Tabbed by cjrh
This tab is based on the recording from
'Live from Cadogan Hall'. I know some versions
of the song would need
, so put that on
if you prefer.
Standard tuning
This riff plays through all the verses A & B:
Line 1:
E-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------0-----
G-----0-----2-0-------0---------0---
D---2---2-3-----2---2---2---0-------
A-0---------------3-----------------
E-------------------------3---------
AmFCG
Line 2:
E-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------0-1---
G-----0-----2-0-------0-------------
D---2---2-3-----2---2---2---0-------
A-0---------------3-------2---------
E-----------------------------------
AmFCC/B
Line 1 & 2 keep repeating through the verses.
VERSE AAmC
This train is my life
GAmC
Speeding through the night
C/BAmC
We have been to these places
GAmCC/B
For barely a moment
VERSE BAmC
Wide Awake
GAmC
Sometimes watching
C/BAmC
Sometimes sleeping
GAmCC/B
Sometimes dreaming
VERSE AG/BAmC
Through stroby stations
GAmC
Too fast to know their names
C/BAmCGD
Too fast to know if we came or will come again
VERSE BAmC
Sleeping towns
GAmC
joined together
C/BAm
By the steel of the rails
C
Parallel lines
GAmCC/B
Parallel lives
ChorusD
You and I
D/ED/A
We're movie-rich
D/GDD/ED/A
We're reflected in the window
D/GDD/ED/A
The dark night's black mirror glass
D/GDD/ED/AD/G
Distant lights from the wrong side of the tracks
BRIDGE
The 'Christmas lights' parts is a slower
high-pitched picking, below. Listen to the
track to hear how to sing the lyrics
Christmas lights
Go by in the houses
Anonymous windows
Anonymous rooms of
Anonymous souls
VERSE CC
So take my hand
D
Squeeze it tight
AmAm/G
Make some light
D
In the darkness
VERSE CCD
I'm glad you came on this trip
C
Don't lose your grip
GAm
Don't lose your grip
FD
This train is my life
D
This train is my life
AmFCG x4
This train is my life
Then x2 Instrumental verse loops
AmCG
Travel with me
D
And we'll see..