Verse
Bm C#dim7
Third-class ticket in his pocket
C#m D#dim7
Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets
Bm F# Bm
Tweed coat turned up against the fog
(C#m) Ddim
Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor
Em F#
Between the very memory and approaches of war
Pre-chorus 1:
Bm Em
Stale bread curling on a luncheon counter
Bm Em
Loose change lonely, not the right amount
Chorus 1:
Bm Em
Forgotten man of an indifferent nation
Bm Em
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Bm C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
C#m D#dim7
The sky is falling
Em Bm Em Bm
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Verse 2:
Bm C#dim7
Nobody wants to buy
C#m D#dim7
a counterfeited prairie lullaby
Bm F# Bm
In a colliery town
(C#m) Ddim
The hip flask and fumbled skein
Em F#
Of some stage door Josephine is all he'll get now
Pre-chorus 2:
Bm Em
Eyes going in and out of focus
Bm Em
Mild and bitter from tuberculosis
Chorus 2:
Bm Em
Forgotten man, indifferent nation
Bm Em
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Bm C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
C#m D#dim7
The sky is falling
Em Bm Em Bm
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Em Bm Em Bm
Bridge:
D
Her soft breath was gentle on his neck
Bm F# Bm
If he could choose the time to die
F#
Then he would come and go like this
Bm F#m(2) Bm
Underneath a painted sky
D F#7/C# Bm
She woke up and called him "Charlie" by mistake
(Bm) F#m(2) C#m
And then in shame began to cry
D
Tarnished silver band peels off a phrase
F#7/C#
And then warms their hands around the brazier
Chorus 3:
Bm Em
Forgotten man, indifferent nation
Bm Em
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Bm C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
C#m D#dim7
It's finally dawning
Em Bm Em Bm
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Em Bm Em Bm
Verse 4: (played sparsely)
Bm C#dim7
Brilliantine glistening
C#m D#dim7
Your soft plaintive whistling
Bm F# Bm
And your wan wandering smile
(C#m) Ddim
Died down at The Hippodrome
Em
Now you're walking off to jeers,
D Bdim7
the lonely sound of jingling spurs,
Em A F#
The "toodle-oos" and "Oh, my dears" down at The Argyle
Pre-chorus 3:
Bm Em
Vile vaudevillians applaud sobriety
Bm Em
There's no place for a half-cut cowboy in polite society
Chorus 4:
Bm Em
Forgotten man, indifferent nation
Bm Em
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Bm C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
C#m D#dim7
It's finally dawning
Em Bm Em
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Bm C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
C#m D#dim7
It's finally dawning
Em Bm Em
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Bm Em Bm
Chords:
Verse/Chorus
Bm X46654
C#dim7 XX5656
C#m X68876
D#dim7 XX7878
F# 466544
Ddim X5676X
Em 244222
Bridge
D X79997
F#m(2) X9(11)(11)(10)9
F#7/C# (11)X(10)(11)9X
Verse 4
D XX2100
Bdim7 XX3434
A X24442
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