Terminal

TERMINAL

Rupert Holmes p1

(Capo 2)

| Bm

Oh

Intro : | D
|D

| DM7

| Bm
| Bm

| Em
| Em

|D

| Em7

| Em

| C#7/F

Both of us smiled
| F#m

| Em

| B7sus4

| Em7

F#m7 | Em7

F#m7 | Em/B,G#/A#, A

Just as you smiled

I’ve come back this mornin’
| Em

B7

So we entered the terminal

| Bm
| Em

To where I first
| Em/C#

down into the terminal

came alive

| F#m

Here within this terminal where
| Bm

| Bm

The buses arrive
| E/G#

| GM7

I was a commuter on the

804

| E/G#

Work for a computer
| A, Bm,

C,

C#

On the nineteenth floor and
|D

| Bm

You came down the aisle of the
bus
| Em

| Em

And you sat
| Em/C#

by my side
| F#m

Shoulder up to shoulder we shared
| Bm

| Bm

That nine o’clock ride
| E/G#

Oh my heart was screamin’ as
you
| GM7

Left your seat
| E/G#

Followin’ your movements
| A, Bm,

C,

C#

I was at your feet and

|D

| Bm

Won’t you leave out work for
today
| Em

| Em

You asked

of me then

| Em/C#

| F#m

So I phoned-in-sick on the way
| Bm

| Bm

To the home of a friend
| E/G#

| GM7

We were all alone from 10 A.M.
till 3
| E/G#

Really thought the fire
| A, Bm, C, C#

Had gone out of me but
|D

| Bm

You awoke the sleep of my life
| Em

From gray
| Em/C#

| Em

into red
| F#m

Made the weary wonder of Wall
Street
| Bm

| Bm

Rise from the dead

Lord I’ll never find her though I’ve

| E/G#

| GM7

Could have held up

Truly tried

| GM7

| E/G#

Budding my

entire life

Probably she’s found

| E/G#

| A, Bm, C,

But I had to get home
| A, Bm,

C,

Another bus to ride and

C#

To the kids and the wife and

|D

| Bm

I am now
| DM7

| Bm

So

| C#7/F

Baby no

| B7sus4

B7

I wouldn’t have left

| Em7

| Em

The last of my days
| Em/C#

Where I began
| F#m

about to begin

| Em

I left for the terminal

| Em7

C#

F#m7 | Em7 F#m7 | Em/B,G#/A#, A

If I’d been half a man

| F#m

I’m within what others would
call
| Bm

| Bm

A terminal phase
| E/G#

| GM7

I myself can only say it’s
livin’ dead
| E/G#

Ridin’ to the office
| A,

Terminal

Bm, C,

C# | DM7

With a song in my head that goes
p2

| Bm

| Em

La da da daa da da daa
|D

| C#7

| Bm

So here I am this morning where
love
| Em

Had asked
| Em/C#

| Em

for the dance
| F#m

Here within this terminal where
| Bm

| Bm

I passed on a chance
| E/G#

da da daa

| F#m

And you know it grows
| Bsus4

B

| Bm

F#m7 | Em A7

La da da daa da da daa da da daa
| DM7 | Bm

| Em

| C#7/F

Oh la da da daa da da daa da da
daa
| F#m | Bsus

Oh
daa
| Em

B

| Em

| F#m7

la da da daa da da daa da da
F#m7 | Em/B G#/A# | A

| DM7