Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro 1]
Arpeggio – Tempo is about 62
G C D G G F Am G

[Intro 2]
Increase tempo to about 124
G F C G
G F C G

[Verse 1]
G C D G
Orange Blossom Special, the Wabash Cannonball.
G C A D
The Chattanooga Choo-Choo, this hobo’s seen ‘em all.
G C G C
I’ve watched the Santa Fe lay her smoke against the sky.
G C D G
And listened to old Number Three rolling through the night.

[Chorus]
G C G
Ride the traaain, ride the train.
G Am C
Anywhere I’m going I ride trains.
C Am G
Sleepin’ in a boxcar when it rains.
G C D G
Ride the traaain, ride the train.

[Solo]
G C D G G
G C Am D D
G C G C G C D G

[Verse 2]
G C D G
The Southern Pacific, the Overland Express.
G C A D
Up ahead the coal cars, with West Virginia’s best.
G C G C
And Oklahoma’s Frisco, the biggest one of all.
G C D G
I’ve listened to the silver steed’s lonesome midnight call.

[Chorus]
G C G
Ride the traaain, ride the train.
G Am C
Anywhere I’m going I ride trains.
C Am G
Sleepin’ in a boxcar when it rains.
G C D G
Ride the traaain, ride the train.

[Chorus]
N.C. (Use chicken scratch strumming for this chorus section)
Ride the traaain, ride the train.
Anywhere I’m going I ride trains.
Sleepin’ in a boxcar when it rains.
Ride the traaain, ride the train.

[Chorus]
G C G
Ride the traaain, ride the train.
G Am C
Anywhere I’m going I ride trains.
C Am G
Sleepin’ in a boxcar when it rains.
G C D G
Ride the traaain, ride the train.

[Outro]
G C Am G
Traaaaaaaaaains.

Slow tempo to 62
G C D G G F Am G

Increase tempo back to 124
G F C G

G C G
Ride the traaain, ride the train.
G Am C
Anywhere I’m going I ride trains.
C Am G
Sleepin’ in a boxcar when it rains.
G C D G
Ride the traaain, ride the train.

G C Am G
Traaaaaaaaaains.