Frank Turner – Smiling At Strangers On Trains (Ukulele)

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capo two! This is frank turner's acoustic arrangement of Smiling at Strangers on Trains. Based on this videos performance: G 133211 D 320003 Em x02210 G x32010 D7 320001 D? 320000

           G    D    Em    G D 
it was the strangest thing today

          D7                D?        G  D   
i saw new footprints in abandoned pathways

Em         G      D                     D7       D?
beneath forgotten undergrowth something stirring again

           G  D   Em  G     D
you were a single red blood cell

      D7               D?      G          D Em
but i lost you in this knot of capillaries

             G           D             D7        D?
but you were bringing me oxygen when i needed it most in the 

Am
smoke.

and you were always

Am                  
as far as mongolia, as close as my clothes

Em                       
your presence pervading, but it still never shows

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

Am
your distance insidious, as soft as a blow

Em
your shadow is with me wherever i go

G                                                    G
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 two is the same as verse one. -------------------------------- the forced proximity of a million different mike leigh movies makes me long for the fresh air of a familiar face and not the violence of loneliness, nor the unease of surrounded seclusion i keep nearly missing you around corners and in passing trains -------------------------------- The chorus is the same, cept the end, where it goes: --------------------------------

Am
your distance insidious, as soft as a blow

Em
your shadow is with me wherever i go

G                                                    
it’s on the tip of my tongue, it's on the tip of my-

------------------------------- which takes us to the outro! ------------------------------- G D Am G D Am

G
if i’d known

if i’d known if i’d known

       D
if i’d known

if i’d known

       Am
if i’d known

if i’d known x something.

G             
    that you weren’t so far away

D            Am             
    that you weren’t so far away

G             
    that you weren’t so far away

D                  Am                 
    that you were never that far away

x something

           G            D      Am
i could’ve roooooooooooooooooooode 

G                     D        Am
thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis 

G       D      Am  G       D       Am G
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 :)