Key: A
A
D9
A
D9
A
Trains and boats and planes are passing by.
A
A4
A D
D4
D
D9
They mean a trip to Paris or Rome
A4
E7
A
D9
A
For some - one else, but not for me.
A4
A
A9
F#m
E7
F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
F#m
Bm7(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
F#m
Took you a - way, a - way from me.
A
D9
A
D9
A
We were so in love, and high above
A
A4
A D
D4
D
D9
D
We had a star to wish upon wish
A4
E7
A
D9
A
And dreams come true, but not for me
A4
A
A9
F#m
E7
F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
F#m
Bm7(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
F#m
Took you a - way, a - way from me.
F#m
F#m7
D9
E7
F#m
You are from another part of the world,
D9
Bm7(b5)
F#m
You had to go back a while and then
D9
Bm7(b5)
F#m
You said you soon would return again.
D9
Bm7
B7
I'm waiting here like I promised to.
D9
B7
E7(9) E7
E7(9)
I'm waiting here but where are you?
A
D9
A
D9
A
Trains and boats and planes took you a-way,
A
A4
A D
D4
D
D9
D
But ev' ry time I see them I pray
A4
E7
A
D9
A
And if my prayer can cross the sea,
A4
A
A9
F#m
E7
F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
F#m
Bm7(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
F#m
Will bring you back, back home to me.
(Instrumental Coda - 3 Lines of Verse)
A4
A
A9
F#m
E7
F#m
The trains and the boats and planes
Bm7(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
F#m
Bm7(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
F#m
Will bring you back, back home to me.