Some Of My Best Friends Are Trains(Chords)

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Verse 
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Flashman's in the belfry, shouting as loud as he can 
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Samson's up all night again, talking about himself 
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What a wonderful man 
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And I'm just wild about Ronnie 
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And Ronnie's just wild about me 
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I saw him selling winter coats on the Portobello Road 
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I thought, I bet he wishes he was really working for the NME 

 
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When the gang come down here again 
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And they're phoning up Australia and they call each other names 
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And they all just wanna look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine 
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Some of my best friends are trains 


Verse 
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Now Steven's in a sweat, he just can't read Kerouac books,  no 
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And Robin's all excuses, says he can't find much, but he does look 
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He goes up to the playfair 
        Em 
He goes down with the stars 
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He goes wild all the weekend in a girlfriend's car 
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And he calls me from Chelsea and he says it's such a thrill 
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And though I don't believe a word, but he keeps me talking 

 
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Till the gang come down here again 
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And they're phoning up Australia and they call each other names 
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And they all just wanna look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine 
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Some of my best friends are trains 


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Verse 
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And did you ever have one of those days 
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Where the world's wide open and you can do anything 
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And you can go anywhere and you don't have to think 
      G 
About who you'll offend every time that you even blink 
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I'm going to the station where a big red train 
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Is waiting to take me to the country again 
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Then you'll come from Yonkers, but why should I care 
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It'll rain and rain for days and days and you know I won't be there 


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When the gang come down here again 
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And they're phoning up Australia and they call each other names 
         Am                               G 
And they all just wanna look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine 
       Am       C 
Some of my best friends 

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Yeah, the gang come down here again 
            Am                            G 
And they're phoning up Australia and they call each other names 
         Am                               G 
And they all just wanna look like Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine 
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Some of my best friends are trains 


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