Frank Turner – Smiling At Strangers On Trains (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
           F    G    Am    C G
it was the strangest thing today

          G7                G6        F  G
i saw new footprints in abandoned pathways

Am         C      G                     G7       G6
beneath forgotten undergrowth something stirring again

           F  G   Am  C     G
you were a single red blood cell

      G7               G6      F          G Am
but i lost you in this knot of capillaries

             C           G             G7        G6
but you were bringing me oxygen when i needed it most in the

Dm
smoke.
and you were always [Chorus]
Dm
as far as Mongolia, as close as my clothes

Am
your presence pervading, but it still never shows

C                                    F
as close as the answer i never quite know, or can’t quite remember

Dm
your distance insidious, as soft as a blow

Am
your shadow is with me wherever i go

C                                                    F
it’s on the tip of my tongue but still i never quite know, or can’t quite remember
i don’t quite remember [Verse 2]
    F      G  Am C G
the forced proximity

    G7                G6        F        G
of a million different mike leigh movies

Am           C     G                     G7       G6
makes me long for the fresh air of a familiar face

            F  G        Am  C   G
and not the violence of loneliness,

G7               G6      F       G Am
nor the unease of surrounded seclusion

       C       G                 G7                     G6
i keep nearly missing you around corners and in passing trains
[Chorus]
Dm
as far as Mongolia, as close as my clothes

Am
your presence pervading, but it still never shows

C                                    F
as close as the answer i never quite know, or can’t quite remember

Dm
your distance insidious, as soft as a blow

Am
your shadow is with me wherever i go

C                                                    F
it’s on the tip of my tongue but still i never quite know, or can’t quite remember
i don’t quite remember
Dm
your distance insidious, as soft as a blow

Am
your shadow is with me wherever i go

C
it’s on the tip of my tongue, it's on the tip of my-
[Outro] F G Dm F G Dm
F
if i’d known
if i’d known if i’d known
       G
if i’d known
if i’d known
       Dm
if i’d known
if i’d known x something
F
    that you weren’t so far away

G            Dm
    that you weren’t so far away

F
    that you weren’t so far away

G                  Dm
    that you were never that far away
x something
           F            G      Dm
i could’ve roooooooooooooooooooode

F                     G        Dm
thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis

F       G      Dm  F       G       Dm F
traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain smiling
---------------------------------------------- It's really hard to place the chords because some words are sung quickly and some very slowly but you get the idea, hopefully :)