A           D9         A         D9     A 
Trains and boats and planes are passing by. 
A   Asus4 A  D   Dsus4  D D9     D9 
They mean a trip  to   Paris or Rome 
    Asus4  E7   A         D9     A 
For some - one else, but not for me. 
    Asus4   A  A9   F#m  E7   F#m 
The trains and the boats and planes 
Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5)  F#m Bm7(b5)  E7  Bm7(b5)  F#m 
Took you   a -  way,  a  - way  from  me. 
 
 
A       D9      A        D9    A 
We were so in love, and high above 
A Asus4 A  D  Dsus4  D     D9  D 
We had  a star  to  wish upon wish 
    Asus4   E7   A        D9      A 
And dreams come true, but not for me 
    Asus4   A  A9   F#m  E7   F#m 
The trains and the boats and planes 
Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5)  F#m Bm7(b5)  E7  Bm7(b5)  F#m 
Took you   a -  way,  a  - way  from  me. 
 
 
F#m  F#m7             D9     E7         F#m 
You        are from another part of the world, 
D9        Bm7(b5)        F#m 
You had to  go  back a while and then 
D9          Bm7(b5)         F#m 
You said you soon would return again. 
    D9      Bm7          B7 
I'm waiting here like I promised to.  
    D9       B7      E7/9  E7  E7/9 
I'm waiting here but where are you? 
 
 
 A          D9        A          D9    A 
Trains and boats and planes took you a-way, 
A  Asus4 A  D  Dsus4  D      D9  D 
But ev' ry time I    see them I pray 
  Asus4   E7  A         D9        A 
And  if  my prayer can cross the sea, 
    Asus4   A  A9   F#m   E7   F#m 
The trains and the boats and planes 
Bm7(b5)  E7  Bm7(b5)  F#m Bm7(b5)  E7  Bm7(b5)  F#m 
Will bring  you  back, back home  to    me. 
 
(Instrumental Coda - 3 Lines of Verse) 

    Asus4   A  A9   F#m   E7   F#m 
The trains and the boats and planes 
Bm7(b5)  E7  Bm7(b5)  F#m Bm7(b5)  E7  Bm7(b5)  F#m 
Will bring  you  back, back home  to    me.