Verse
Am C#dim7
Third-class ticket in his pocket
Bm D#dim7
Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets
Am E Am
Tweed coat turned up against the fog
(C#m) Ddim
Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor
Dm E
Between the very memory and approaches of war
Pre-chorus 1:
Am Dm
Stale bread curling on a luncheon counter
Am Dm
Loose change lonely, not the right amount
Chorus 1:
Am Dm
Forgotten man of an indifferent nation
Am Dm
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Am C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
Bm D#dim7
The sky is falling
Dm Am Dm Am
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Verse 2:
Am C#dim7
Nobody wants to buy
Bm D#dim7
a counterfeited prairie lullaby
Am E Am
In a colliery town
(C#m) Ddim
The hip flask and fumbled skein
Dm E
Of some stage door Josephine is all he'll get now
Pre-chorus 2:
Am Dm
Eyes going in and out of focus
Am Dm
Mild and bitter from tuberculosis
Chorus 2:
Am Dm
Forgotten man, indifferent nation
Am Dm
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Am C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
Bm D#dim7
The sky is falling
Dm Am Dm Am
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Dm Am Dm Am
Bridge:
C
Her soft breath was gentle on his neck
Am E Am
If he could choose the time to die
E
Then he would come and go like this
Am F#m(2) Am
Underneath a painted sky
C E7/B Am
She woke up and called him "Charlie" by mistake
(Am) F#m(2) C#m
And then in shame began to cry
C
Tarnished silver band peels off a phrase
E7/B
And then warms their hands around the brazier
Chorus 3:
Am Dm
Forgotten man, indifferent nation
Am Dm
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Am C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
Bm D#dim7
It's finally dawning
Dm Am Dm Am
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Dm Am Dm Am
Verse 4: (played sparsely)
Am C#dim7
Brilliantine glistening
Bm D#dim7
Your soft plaintive whistling
Am E Am
And your wan wandering smile
(C#m) Ddim
Died down at The Hippodrome
Dm
Now you're walking off to jeers,
C Bdim7
the lonely sound of jingling spurs,
Dm G E
The "toodle-oos" and "Oh, my dears" down at The Argyle
Pre-chorus 3:
Am Dm
Vile vaudevillians applaud sobriety
Am Dm
There's no place for a half-cut cowboy in polite society
Chorus 4:
Am Dm
Forgotten man, indifferent nation
Am Dm
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station
Am C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
Bm D#dim7
It's finally dawning
Dm Am Dm
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Am C#dim7
Somebody's calling you again
Bm D#dim7
It's finally dawning
Dm Am Dm
Jimmie's standing in the rain
Am Dm Am
Chords:
Verse/Chorus
Am X46654
C#dim7 XX5656
Bm X68876
D#dim7 XX7878
E 466544
Ddim X5676X
Dm 244222
Bridge
C X79997
F#m(2) X9(11)(11)(10)9
E7/B (11)X(10)(11)9X
Verse 4
C XX2100
Bdim7 XX3434
G X24442
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