Bridal Train     The Waifs


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(G) A telegram arrived today,
It is (Bm)time to catch the Monteray,
´Cause the (C)man I wed, he waits for me
And a (Em)daughter that he's (D)yet to see.


(G) The US Navy beamed its message,
Will de(Bm)liver brides on a one way passage.
It (C)made big news across the nation,
The (Em)bridal train leaves (D)from Perth Station.


(C) All the girls a(D)round Australia
(G)Married (G/F#)to a (Em)Yankee sailor,
The (C)fare is paid across the sea
To the (Em)home of the brave and the (D)land of the free.


(C) From west to east the (D)young girls came,
(G) All a(G/F#)board the (Em)bridal train,
It was a (C)farewell crossing (Em)over land,
She's (C)gone to meet her (D)sailor (G)man.


No time for sad goodbyes,
Well, she (Bm)held her mother as she cried,
And then (C)waited there in the Freo rain
To (Em)climb aboard the (D)bridal train.


Well, she was (G) holding her future in her hand,
Yeah, the (Bm)faded photo of her man,
(C) Catch a sailor if you can,
The (Em)war bride leaves a (D)southern land.


(C) All the girls a(D)round Australia
(G)Married (G/F#)to a (Em)Yankee sailor,
The (C)fare is paid across the sea
To the (Em)home of the brave and the (D)land of the free.


(C) From west to east the (D)young girls came,
(G) All a(G/F#)board the (Em)bridal train,
It was a (C) farewell crossing (Em)over land,
She's (C)gone to meet her (D)sailor (G)man.
(Bm)  (C)  (Em) (D)  (G)  (Bm)  (C)  (Em) (D)


(G) This is the story of those starry nights
Through (Bm)desert plains and city lights,l
Through (C)burning sun and driving rain
They (Em)wept aboard the (D)bridal train.


(C) All the girls a(D)round Australia
(G)Married (G/F#)to a (Em)Yankee sailor,
The (C)fare is paid across the sea
To the (Em)home of the brave and the (D)land of the free.


(C) From west to east the (D)young girls came,
(G) All a(G/F#)board the (Em)bridal train,
It was a (C) farewell crossing (Em)over land,
She's (C)gone to meet her (D)sailor (G)man.


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