Title: Platform Nine Key: G · Tempo: 86 BPM · Feel: warm nostalgic folk [Verse 1] G C G Rain on the roof of the old depot Em C D Coffee gone cold in a paper cup G C G I knew your coat by the frayed blue elbow Em D G Before I even looked up G C G Ten years fell down like a torn timetable Em C D Names of the towns fading into gray G C G You smiled like you weren't sure you were able Em D G Then the whole room gave way [Pre-Chorus] C G We stood by the vending machine D Em Laughing too loud at seventeen C G Now every mile that ran between D Was breathing in the steam [Chorus] C G Here we are on platform nine D Em Same old clock, same crooked sign C G You with your suitcase, me with mine D Trying not to cry C G All those years, all those tracks D Em All the words we didn't pack C G If goodbye can circle back D G It found us right on time [Verse 2] G C G You said you moved out by the ocean Em C D Married in spring, left in the fall G C G I said I learned to keep things open Em D G Then built myself a wall G C G A brass bell rang for the northbound evening Em C D Pigeons rose up from the wires G C G Your eyes held all the old believing Em D G Like matches holding fire [Pre-Chorus] C G We talked through the boarding call D Em Names we lost and leaves that fall C G Funny how the heart keeps all D The small things after all [Chorus] C G Here we are on platform nine D Em Same old clock, same crooked sign C G You with your suitcase, me with mine D Trying not to cry C G All those years, all those tracks D Em All the words we didn't pack C G If goodbye can circle back D G It found us right on time [Verse 3] G C G Under the bench was a penny shining Em C D Heads-up luck from a long-gone year G C G You said, "I think that one was mine then" Em D G I said, "I kept it here" G C G We missed the train we were meant for taking Em C D Watched its red lights burn and bend G C G Sometimes a heart is only breaking Em D G To open up again [Bridge] Em C Maybe we're not who we planned to be G D Maybe those kids had to set us free Em C But I know your laugh, and you know me G D Like a river knows the rain Em C If you’ve got time before the next line leaves G D There’s a diner glowing down on Maple Street C G We can start with tea D And not explain [Chorus] C G Here we are on platform nine D Em Same old clock, same crooked sign C G You with your suitcase, me with mine D Trying not to cry C G All those years, all those tracks D Em All the words we didn't pack C G If goodbye can circle back D Em It found us right on time C G If goodbye can circle back D G It found us right on time [Outro] G C G Rain on the roof of the old depot Em C D Two cups warming in our hands G C G Ten years gone like a westbound whistle Em D G Coming home again
Two old friends meet again at the train station where they said goodbye ten years ago