The Subway (UK 1, IRL 2, NZ 3, AUS 4, US 5, 2025)     (video)

 

    G - C - Am - D7

 

   G

1.    I saw your green hair

Em                                         Am

    beauty mark next to your mouth there on the subway,

D7                                 G

    I nearly had a breakdown.

                                 - Em                                       Am

    A few weeks later        somebody wore your perfume,

                                 - D7

    it almost killed me         I had to leave the room.

 

      C

It's just another day,

                           G                       D

and it's not over 'til it's over, it's never over,

       C

It's just another day,

                           G               - D

and it's not over 'til it's over,          it's never over….

 

         C                       Cm             G

+  'Til I don't look for you on the staircase.

           C                              Cm                 G

    or wish you thought that we were still soulmates.

      C                       Cm              G

    I'm still counting down all of the days

                     C               Cm             G

    'til you're just another girl on the subway.

 

   G                                  - Em                                Am

2.    Made you the villain,         evil for just moving on,

                                       D7                                   G

    I see your shadow, I see it even with the lights off.

                                        - Em                                               Am

    I made a promise, if in         four months this feeling ain't gone,

                                          D7

    well, fuck this city, I'm movin' to Saskatchewan.

 

      C

It's just another day,

                           G                       D

and it's not over 'til it's over, it's never over,

       C

It's just another day,

                           G               - D

and it's not over 'til it's over,          it's never over….

 

         C                      Cm             G

+  'Til I can break routine during foreplay,

             C                    Cm                 G

    and trust myself that I won't say your name.

                C                       Cm              G

    Yeah, I'm still counting down all of the days

                    C                 Cm           G

    'til you're just another girl on the subway.

 

        G                               C                      Am                       D7

+  She's got, she's got a way, she's got a way, she's got a way.   (6x)

 

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+  She's got, she's got a way, she's got a way, she's got a way.  (2x)

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Chappell Roan)