Song : This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
Artist: Elton John
Album : Song From The West Coast
Tabber: James Pucyk ([email protected]
Elton and Barry Turpin have come up with some gems over the years and this one is
no exception. Elton John's bassist I think has been with him since the early days
and he comes up with some great s**t. The thing that caught me about this bassline
is the taseful nature of it, which I guess is the kind of playing style I'm trying
to adopt as completly as possible. This is a great example of a bassline which is
melodic and builds with an equal amount of emotional fury as the other insturments
but holds the rhythm. ENJOY
Introduction
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D|-6---5-3--------------|-6---5-3--------------------|
A|-----------6-4-----23-|-----------6-4---0-2-3--23-|
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Verse 1
You may... But I don't beleive in mir-a-cles any-more..
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And when I think about it, I don't beleive I ever did for sure..
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All the.. All the purple prose you bought from me
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Realitys ..., The Sentimenal things I'd write Never meant a thing to me
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Bridge
I used to be the main express, All steam and whitles heading west
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Picking up my pain from door to door
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Riding on the sotryline furnace burning overtime
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A|----------------------------1-------1---/-6---6--|
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Chorus:
But this train-- don't stop, This train don't stop
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This train don't stop there, anymore (Transition)
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A|-4--------------6-----6---|--------------------6-8--|-6-4---0-2-3--2-2-33
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Verse 2:
You don't but I'm dried up and sick to death of love
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And if you need to... I never really understood that stuff
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All the stars and bleading hearts All... world up in my eyes
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Never met a thing to me Read ..., I never felt enough to cry
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Bridge
I used to be the main express, All steam and whitles heading west
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D|------------------------6-------4/6--------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------6---------------6---------------4--66--8----8-|
E|----4-----------------------4-------------------------------------------1|
Picking up my pain from door to door
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A|-1------------------0------0--------------|
E|----------------------------4-----------3-|
Riding on the sotryline furnace burning overtime
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D|----------------22-4-6--------------22-4--6-------|
A|---------2--4----------6--------------------6-----|
E|--2-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
But this train-- don't stop, This train don't stop
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This train don't stop there, anymore
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A|--4--------------6-----6---|--------------------------------|
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Interlude
When I say that I don't care It really mean my engines breaking down
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The chisel chips my heart again the granite cracks beneath my skin
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I'm crumbling into pieces on the ground
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Bridge (re-introduction)
Rest for 2 bars then go high,
Picking up my pain from door to door
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Riding on the sotryline furnace burning overtime
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A|--------------------------------15--161513---------|
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Chorus:
But this train-- don't stop, This train don't stop
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D|-----------4/6-----------4/6-|------------4/6--------------|
A|--4-------------6----6-------|-----------------6-----6--66-|
E|-----------------------------|--44-------------------------|
This train don't stop there, anymore
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A|--4--------------6-----6---|-----------6------|-6-8--6-|
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this train-- don't stop, This train don't stop
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This train don't stop there, anymore
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Outro
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A|-------6-4-------4--4--|------------6-4---4--4---|-----|
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FIN
