Chords for "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains"

Date: April 16, 1997  7:02 PM
From: IAN GRANT


The Last of the Steam Powered Trains  By Ray Davies

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Introduction: Riff x2
        E           A7              E   Riff                       
I'm the last of the good old puffer trains
        E           A7              E   Riff    
I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade
      A                                         A7    E  Riff

And I don't know where I'm going (going).... or why I came
        G           A                  A7              E  Riffx2                
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam...powered trains

        E           A7           E   Riff
I'm the last of the good old renegades
       E              A7             E   Riff
All my friends are of middle class degree
    A                               A7    E  Riff       
But I live in a museum (museum).... so I'm okay
        G           A                  A7              E  Riffx2 
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam...powered trains

Riff x2

         E           A7                 E   Riff
Like the last of the good old choo-choo trains
        E           A7                 E   Riff
I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade
    A                       A7                    E  Riff       
And I gonna keep on going (going)...till my dying day
        G           A                  A7              E  Riffx2 
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam...powered trains


Solo Riff x12 (getting faster on 10) Then a chromatic ascent from E to E,
sliding down, leading to...  Silence, Riff x2

        E           A7              E   Riff
I'm the last of the good old puffer trains
        E           A7               E   Riff
I'm the last of the soot and scum brigade
    A                         A7                    E  Riff 
And all this peaceful living (living).... drives me insane
        G           A                  A7              E  Riffx2
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam...powered trains

Riff x2
        G           A                  A7                   E A7 G A7 E  
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam........powered trains
                                          (steam steam)



From:  Nathan Lanely
Date:  August 6, 2007


The chords are fine except for a couple of needed changes.
On the "I'm the last of the good old-fashioned steam powered trains" 
section that ends each verse, instead of the chords running G, A, A7, 
I'd like to suggest G, D, A and then a return to E at the end.

Also, in the group of chords that end the song, you might wish to try E, D, G, A, E.