Jackson Park Express Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][C][D][C][D]

[Verse 1]
Tuesday [C]morning, [D]8:15
I was riding to work on the
[G]Jackson Park Ex[F]press[D]
Seemed like any oth[C]er day
Then my [D]whole world changed
In a [G]way I nev[F]er could
have [A]guessed
'Cause she walked [G]in[A]
Took the seat right [C]across [D]the [A]aisle
I knew we had a spe[G]cial
[A]connection
The second I [C]saw her smile

[Verse 2]
[G]
She smiled as if [A]to say
"Hel[D]lo, haven't seen you
on [Bm]this bus be[D]fore"[G]
I gave her a [A]look that said
[D]"Huh, life is funny,
you [Bm]never know [D]what's in [Em]store
By the way, [G]your hair is [A]beautiful
I bet it smells like [C]rais[D] ins"

[Verse 3]
[G]
She looked at [F]me in a way that [D]asked
"Did you have a nose job
or [Bm]something?[C]
I'm only [G]asking,
cause your [C]nose looks slightly [Bb]bet ter
Than [A]the rest of your [Am]face"
I arched my [G]eyebrow, ever so [F]slightly
Which was my [A]way of asking
[G]"Do[D] you want my old[Bm]
Hewlett- [D]Packard [G]printer?
It still works, [F]kinda[D]
And I got a [Bm]bunch of ink [D]cart
ridges [G]left"
[E]

[Verse 4]
[A]
Then, she let out [G]a long [A]sigh[G]
Which, I took to [A]mean, "Uh"
[D]"Mama, what is [G]that
deodorant you're wear[A]ing?
It's intoxicating
[D]Why don't we dri[G]ve out to
the [E]country some[F#]time?
And col[G]lect deer ticks [D]in a [A]zip- lock
[G]bag[D]gie", [Em]oh yeah[D]
[F#][Bm]

[Verse 5]
I [D]gave her a [Bm]penetrating [G]stare[D]
[F#]Which could only mean[D]
"You are my [G]answer[D] ,
my answer to [G]everything[D]
Which is [F]why, I'll probably [C]do very poorly
On the [G]written part of my
[D]driver's test"
[C][G]

[Verse 6]
[A]
[D]Yes, it all happened
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
[C][D][C]

[Verse 7]
[A]
I knew she was [G]starting
to fall for [A]me
'Cause she crinkled her nose,
which unmistakably [D]meant
"Baby, lets [C]wear each other's [Bb]clothes
And speak in a [A]thick German accent
And, [Bb]maybe someday we
can [F]own and [C]operate
[Dm]Our own mobi[Bb]le pet-[C]
groom[F]ing [A]service"[Dm]
I couldn't hold [Bb]back my feelings
I [F]gave her a look, that [C]said[Eb]
"I would make any sac
[Bb]rifice for your [F]love
Goat, chicken, [Eb]whatever
I could never [Bb]hold you close enough
[F]Let's have our bodies
surgically grafted to[Eb]gether
[Bb]Oh, [F]surgically grafted tog[Gb]ether"

[Verse 8]
She picked up a [Ab]newspaper,
and started [Fm]reading to her[Bbm]self
Which [B]I'm sure,
was [Gb]a way of [Ab]telling [Db]me
"When you're [B]cold, I will warm [Gb]you[Db]
When you're shiv[B]ering,
I will [Gb]hold [Db]you
When your naus[B]eous,
I will give [Gb]you Pepto- Bismol every hour
For as long as the symptoms per[E]sist"[C]
Oh, [G]I, I never,
[D]ever want to see you [B]cry[Em]
So, [C]please let me [G]cauterize your [D]tear
ducts with an arc [C]welder[Am][G]
Then, I glanced [D]down,
at her [A]shirt, for a [Gb]second[Bm]
In a [G]way that clearly im[D]plied[A]
[D]"I like your boobs"

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][C][G][A]

[Verse 9]
[D]Yes, it all happened
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
[C][D]

[Verse 10]
[F]
I cleared my throat [G]quietly,
and [Em]then, I looked [Am]away
And I'm [Bb]sure it was obvious to her,
just [F]what I was trying [C]to say
I was trying [Dm]to say, [Eb]"Hey
I'd like to [Bb]make a wall- sized [F]mural
out of [C]all the dead skin [Dm]cell [Eb]s
That you [Bb]slough off while
[F]you sleep at night"
Whoa- o- Oh,
"I'd like [Eb]to rip you wide op[Bb]en[F]
And [C]french- kiss every [D]single[Eb]
one of [Bb]your internal or[F]gans
Oh, I'd like [Eb]to remove all your skin,
[Bb]and wear your [F]skin, over my own skin[Eb]
But [Bb]not in a creepy way"
[F]

[Verse 11]
Then, I'm [Ab]pretty sure, she [Eb]looked at me,
out of the [Bb]corner of her [F]good eye
And, [Ab]though, she never [Eb]spoke a word,
this is ex[F]actly what I [Bb]heard
She was saying, "O[Eb]h!
I wanna make [Ab]out with you, in an a[Db]bandoned t[Ab]oll- booth,
in the [Db]middle of [Ab]a monsoon
[Eb]I wanna ride dolphin[Ab]s with you,
in [Db]the moonlight
[Ab]Until the [Db]staff at Sea World[Ab] kicks us out[Eb]
I want you in[Ab]side [Db]me, oh,
[Ab]like a tapew[Eb]orm"[Ab]
[Eb]

[Verse 12]
[E]
I pointed to [A]the side of my mouth,
as a [B]way of indicat[Ab]ing[A]
"Hey, [E]I think you got something on
[B]the side of your [Ab]mouth"
She licked the [F#]corner of [B]her lips,
as if [A]to say
[E]"Here?", I [A]nodded, implying,
[B]"Yeah, you got[E] it"

[Verse 13]
And, then the [A]bus [E]stopped, [B]at 53rd Street,
and [Ab]she got up suddenly
[C#m]"Where are you going?[A]", pleade[E]d m[B]y eyes,
[Ab]"Baby, don't you do this to [C#m]me
[C]Think of the beautiful chil[G]dren
we could [D]have [C]someday
We could school them at [G]home,
raise them [D]up the right [Em]way
And pro[F]tect them from
the evils of [C]the world
Like Trigo[D]nometry and [Bm]Prime Num[Em]bers,
[C]oh [G]no
Baby, [D]please [G]don't go"

[Verse 14]
[Am]
She brushed my [C]leg, as she left the [Am]bus
I'm sure that was her way of [G]saying
"I'm sorry this just isn't
working [C]out
You're suf[D]focating [G]me
I need some [F]space to [G]find out
[F]what [C]life's all [D]about
So, goodbye [Em]forever, [F]my love"
[G]

[Verse 15]
And deep [D]inside, I knew she [A]was right
[D]It was [G]time for us [D]both to move [A]on[C]
And no, I [G]never got her num[D]ber,
oh no [C]no
She never [G]bothered to leave
her ad[D]dress, oh
But, as [C]long as [G]I live, I'll never forget
[A]Those precious moments
[D]we shared together

[Verse 16]
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On [C]the Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On the [C]Jackson [G]Park Ex[D]press
On [C]the Jackson [G]Park Express