12 October 2021

Woman on a train

Words and music by Richard Homer 


4/4, 145 bpm 

Intro E, F, G, Am twice


E F G Am 

We wait here / in the cool / morning / air, 

G C B flat G 

the Hereford / train coming / round the / track, 

Am G Am 

to pull up by the / bridge with / care

Am G Am 

coming to take her, through / Heathrow, / back 

Am G F E

away, / away, / away, / away, 

Am E Am

a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train


The beeping / train / kicks into / gear, 

The Blorenge, with / worry, / looking / on, 

watching until the / train has / gone. 

taking we two plus / crew away from / here, 

away, away, away, away, 

a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train


E Am 

a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train

E Am 

a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train

EEEE Am Am Am Am twice G, C, B flat, G 


The kicking / in of the / early morning / beer; 

coming down the / rural / rail bridge / way 

with me, in self inflict / lack of / cheer, 

past tree and hedgerow, the / sun in / play, 

away, away, away, away, 

a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train


Coming / first into / New Inn / where 

car and / petrol pump / fast food / busk, 

through Cwmbrân, / wood, the / mud bank / Usk, 

to greet the gritty Newport / estuary / air, 

away, away, away, away, 

a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train


Waiting with / platform / baggage in / tow, 

the yellow / Inter City / thundering / by, 

the close farewell of the / hug and / cry, 

the whistle, the throttle, I / watch her / go 

away, away, away, away, 

a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train


Ending 

Am C Am a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train. 

Am C Am a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train. 

Am C Am a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train. 

Am E Am a man with a woman, a / woman on a / train.