Traintime chords by Peter Hammill

C#sus4     C#m
Along the track the wires are humming
C#sus4      C#m
In bursts of code like far-off drums
D  C#sus4  D  C#sus4
Fathering a message Further up the line
 D  C#sus4
Someone's shouting down the passage of time

C#sus4     C#m
The corridor restrains the window
C#sus4    C#
No view without the eye (I?) within
D  C#sus4   D  C#sus4
Bold upon the threshold But holding on the line
D   C#sus4
Shouting down the passage of time

Bb   A C#   B
Relatives speak on the phone on the train
Ab  Ab   B  Bbsus4
Talking before they have thought to explain
Bb   A C#m     B
Voices pitched wildly on tracks in the night
Ab    Ab B   Bbsus4
Can't pick the pace up, oh let there be light
 Ab F#  E
How light becomes the soul

C#sus4    C#m
You know yourself the centre of attention
C#sus4    C#m
You know yourself the locus of event
D    C#sus4    D  C#sus4
Sorry if it's painful Quarrying the lime, stage centre
D   C#sus4
Shouting down the passage of time

C#sus4     C#
The corridor retains its shadows

its secrets compartmentalised

damping down on ambience

damp the teeth and grind

shouting down the passage of time!

Bb   A  C#m   B
What's there to see or make clear
Ab   Ab  B  Bbsus4
What's there to know when the voice is right here
Bb   A  C#m  B
What's there to promise or vow
Ab  Ab   B  Bbsus4
What's to believe when the time is right now

Bb   A C#m   B
Relatives speak on the phone on the train
Ab  Ab   B  Bbsus4
Talking before they have thought to refrain
Bb  A  C#   B
Voices projecting, spears in mid-flight
Ab  Ab   B     Bbsus4