{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1119146,"song":"Trailways Bus","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11248955-trailways-bus-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1119146?type=chord","rating":4.79022,"votes":10,"content":"[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA passenger traveling quietly conceals himself [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith a magazine and a sleepless pillow [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch] \r\nOver the crest of the mountain the moon begins its climb  [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nAnd he wakes to find he's in rolling farmland  [/tab]\r\n   \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe farmer sleeps against his wife  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe wonders what their life must be   [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nA Trailways bus is heading south [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nInto Washington, D.C.   [/tab]\r\n   \r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA mother and child, the baby maybe two months old  [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPrepare themselves for sleep and feeding.  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe shadow of the Capitol dome slides across his face [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch] \r\nAnd his heart is racing with the urge to freedom.  [/tab]\r\n   \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe father motionless as stone,  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA shepherd resting with his flock, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe Trailways bus is turning west[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nDallas via Little Rock.  [/tab]\r\n   \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nO my darling, darling Son  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe desert moon is my witness. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI've no money to come East,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I know you'll soon be here  [/tab]\r\n   \r\n \r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe pull into downtown Dallas by the side of the grassy knoll [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere the leader fell and a town was broken.  [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAway from the feel and flow of life for so many years  [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe hears music playing and Spanish spoken  [/tab]\r\n  \r\n   \r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe border patrol outside of Tucson boarded the bus  [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAny aliens here? You better check with us,  [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow about you son? You look like you got Spanish blood.  [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDo you 'Habla Ingles?,' Am I understood?  [/tab]\r\n   \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYes, I am an alien, from Mars.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nI come to Earth from outer space.  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if I traveled my whole life  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou guys would still be on my case[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nYou guys would still be on my case  [/tab]\r\n   \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he can't leave his fears behind, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]       \r\nHe recalls each fatal thrust  [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe screams carried by the wind, .[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nPhantom figures in the dust  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPhantom figures in the dust [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nPhantom figures in the dust.[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["E","A","B","Am","G","C","Em","F","B7","D","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}