Words and music by Richard Homer
3/4, 4/4, 155 bpm
Intro Em 2, Am, three, G 2, C, three, then repeat, 3/4 time, then Em 2,
4/4 time Em Am Em
I wait on platform one for the / oncoming / train
G C G
the Abergavenny panting, / pandering / climb
Em Am Em
the cold air, the beer tin, the / off and on / rain
G C G F Em
keeping the beat, a / metronome of / time, / ooh, / ooh
I think of going up the / hard track to / where
I went through Ludlow oh, / many years / before
the Teme, the castle, town, the / Shropshire / air
bathing in the Crewe train’s / kicking / roar, / ooh, / ooh
watching a warm wrapped / fisherman / cast
into the cold / October grim / Wye
where teams of arrogant / duck go / past.
I’m trying hard once / again, not to / cry
Ch B Em high
In my thought, I put my / arm around Jane
B Em high
her jeans and pullover / hugging waist tight
Am Em high
her hair with / crystal rain
B Em
the warm orange glow of the / Hereford night, Hereford night
The lonely grass on the / Worcester / track
the bleak, bored buildings / waiting, quiet, / there
me and my bag, we’re / on our way / back
a three year ago / September warm / air, / ooh, / ooh
A memory, a good one, / came back to / me
jolting my thought like a / shunting / train
turning by the junction of / / reality
ignoring both the cold / wind and the / rain, / ooh, / ooh
Ch
Em Am Em G C G
watching the cold October / water go / by
watching the cold October / water go / by
Em Am Em past the city, the / turning / Wye
Am Em high B Em low
trying / hard, once / again, not to / cry
Ending
B Em high In my thought, I put my / arm around Jane
