C#m 
 
Verse 1: 
 
C#m           C#dim7 
Third-class ticket in his pocket 
D#m               D#dim7 
Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets 
C#m               G#              C#m 
Tweed coat turned up against the fog 
(C#m)                Ddim 
Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor 
F#m                                       G# 
Between the very memory and approaches of war 
 
Pre-chorus 1: 
C#m                 F#m 
Stale bread curling on a luncheon counter 
C#m                  F#m 
Loose change lonely, not the right amount 
 
Chorus 1: 
 
C#m                 F#m 
Forgotten man of an indifferent nation 
C#m                        F#m 
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 
C#m        C#dim7 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m         D#dim7 
The sky is falling 
F#m      C#m      F#m         C#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 
 
Verse 2: 
 
C#m    C#dim7 
Nobody wants to buy 
  D#m                   D#dim7 
a counterfeited prairie lullaby 
C#m      G#       C#m 
    In a colliery town 
(C#m)             Ddim 
The hip flask and fumbled skein 
   F#m                                        G# 
Of some stage door Josephine is all he'll get now 
 
Pre-chorus 2: 
 
C#m        F#m 
Eyes going in and out of focus 
C#m             F#m 
Mild and bitter from tuberculosis 
 
Chorus 2: 
 
C#m            F#m 
Forgotten man, indifferent nation 
C#m                        F#m 
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 
C#m        C#dim7 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m         D#dim7 
The sky is falling 
F#m      C#m      F#m         C#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 
 
F#m  C#m  F#m  C#m 
 
Bridge: 
 
E 
Her soft breath was gentle on his neck 
   C#m          G#             C#m 
If he could choose the time to die 
     G# 
Then he would come and go like this 
C#m        F#m(2)    C#m 
Underneath a painted sky 
E        G#7/D#            C#m 
She woke up and called him "Charlie" by mistake 
   (C#m)            F#m(2) C#m 
And then in shame began to cry 
E 
Tarnished silver band peels off a phrase 
G#7/D# 
And then warms their hands around the brazier 
 
Chorus 3: 
 
C#m            F#m 
Forgotten man, indifferent nation 
C#m                        F#m 
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 
C#m        C#dim7 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m          D#dim7 
It's finally dawning 
F#m      C#m      F#m         C#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 
 
F#m  C#m  F#m  C#m 
 
Verse 4: (played sparsely) 
 
C#m           C#dim7 
Brilliantine glistening 
D#m                 D#dim7 
Your soft plaintive whistling 
C#m          G#        C#m 
And your wan wandering smile 
(C#m)            Ddim 
Died down at The Hippodrome 
           F#m 
Now you're walking off to jeers, 
           E                 Bdim7 
the lonely sound of jingling spurs, 
            F#m                    B              G# 
The "toodle-oos" and "Oh, my dears" down at The Argyle 
 
Pre-chorus 3: 
 
C#m               F#m 
Vile vaudevillians applaud sobriety 
C#m                                   F#m 
There's no place for a half-cut cowboy in polite society 
 
Chorus 4: 
 
C#m            F#m 
Forgotten man, indifferent nation 
C#m                        F#m 
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 
C#m        C#dim7 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m         D#dim7 
It's finally dawning 
F#m             C#m        F#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 
C#m            C#dim7 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m         D#dim7 
It's finally dawning 
F#m         C#m                F#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 
 
C#m    F#m    C#m 
 
Chords: 
 
Verse/Chorus 
C#m          X46654 
C#dim7       XX5656 
D#m          X68876 
D#dim7       XX7878 
G#           466544 
Ddim         X5676X 
F#m          244222 
 
Bridge 
E            X79997 
F#m(2)       X9(11)(11)(10)9 
G#7/D#       (11)X(10)(11)9X 
 
Verse 4 
E            XX2100 
Bdim7        XX3434 
B            X24442