D                        Bm
I came back to my hometown incognito
      Em             A
To forget about it all
    D                           Bm
Suddenly, I heard "hey there papito-pito-pito
           Em          A
You don't ever give a call'

(Bm D Em A)
whapba bup bup ba (X 4)

         Bm                        D
remember we used to skip school together
        Em                A
said to me drunk girl, police man
       Bm                        D
Now, where have you been all my life
             Em                   A
I've been skipping school since then, yeah

(chorus)
D                    Bm
I've been watching trains
 Em             A
swiftly rolling by
D                  Bm
I've been jumping them
Em              A
without long goodbyes
D                   Bm
to uncover rules of life
     Em                A
and how to break them well
         Bm         D
and the key to my gypsy auto pilot
    Em            A
and my story to tell, hey!

(Bm D Em A)
whapba bup bup ba (X 4)

(Bm D Em A)
so we ran to outskirts of our town
to the working man dance hall
where all night we played piano-yano-yano
off the chairs about to fall
then we climbed the ladder to the attic
where once i showed her my first song
above the street where all them crazy dreamers
still talking nonsense all night long

Bm       D
whoa-o whoa-o
Em                  A
nonsense all night long
Bm       D
whoa-o whoa-o
         Em                A
still writing their first song

(chorus)

(bridge)
         Bm           D
and we laugh, and we cry
         Em            A
and we recited sacred text
        Bm           D
and we rose and we fell
             Em              A
and then we said, ok what's next?

D                              Bm
but, if you keep on watching trains
Em               A
swiftly, rolling by
D                    Bm
one day you will be gone
 Em               A
without long goodbyes
D                    Bm
to uncover rules of life
     Em                 A
and how to break them well
         Bm           D                      Em
and the key to your gonzo turbo gypsy auto pilot
                   A
and your story to tell
           Bm
story to tell