Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

play it twice

1st verse:

I wish I was a fisherman, tumbling on the seas

Far away from dry land, and it's bitter memories

Casting you my sweet light with abandonment and love

No ceiling staring down on me, save the starry sky above

Chorus

 With light in my hair, you in my arms, woo woo ooh

2nd verse:

I wish I was the brake man, on a Hartland diesel train

Crashing headlong into the heartland, like a cannon in the rain

With the beating of the sleepers, and the burning of the coal

Counting towns flashing by me, in a night that's full of soul

Chorus

Oh I know I will be loosened, from bonds that hold me tight

And the chains all hung around me will fall away at last

And on that fine and fateful day I will take thee in my arms

I will ride the night train, and I will be the fisherman

Repeat chorus