The Pogues - Night Train to Lorca: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Night Train to Lorca" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Night Train to Lorca Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Pogues

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Night Train to Lorca" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

   Am
Across the dark and dusty plain
        C
Where scars of old dry rivers run
 Dm
Night unfolds, a coal black shroud
   F
Across the hard and stony ground
Am
Distant stars shining bright
A#
In the cavern of the night
Dm
All is still and silence screams
         C
To the thunder of the Lorca train

Flaming steel as swift as wind
The wires hum and the rails, they ring
Smokestack burning, fiery sparks
Rise up and to the stars
Towns asleep by empty roads
Churches rise from crooked roofs
Cloaked in darkness nothing stirs
Grow smaller, darker, disappears

Chorus:
F
See the moon so still and cold
  Dm
A million stars that shed no warmth
     Am
Your nightmares all come out to play
C
In the silver light
 F
Wait for sunrise in the east
      Dm
Long shadows crawl across the plain
     Am
The ghosts of night will disappear
     C
And lay your fears to rest

Steam hissed up, the hot coals glowed
The furnace blazed, the wheels they rolled
On tracks of iron straight and cold
The silver moonlight danced
The flames are in the fireman's eye
Orange in the engine's glow
Gleaming pistons, whirling cranks
Wait for dawn and the rooster's crow

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

F

Guitar chord F

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Night Train to Lorca" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Night Train to Lorca" by The Pogues.

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