__downbound train__
this song is relatively easy , play Gm throughout the whole song hammering on and off on
a and D strings . you could also strum Dm and go back to Gm if you think it sounds better .
since this is pretty much a one chord song , it might be easier to play if you put a capo
the second fret and play Em instead of playing Gm .
___lyrics : ___
a stranger lying on a bar room floor
had drank so much he could drink no more ,
so he fell asleep with a troubled brain
to dream that he rode on that down bound train .
the engine with blood was sweaty and damp
and brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp ,
and imps for fuel were shovelling bones
while the furnace rang with a thousand groans .
the boiler was filled with lager beer
the devil himself was the engineer ,
the passengers were most a motley crew ,
some were foreigners and others he knew .
rich men in broadcloth , beggars in rags
handsome young ladies and wicked old hags .
as the train rushed on at a terrible pace
sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face ,
wider and wider the country grew
faster and faster the engine flew ,
louder and louder the thunder crashed
brighter and brighter the lighting flashed ,
hotter and hotter the air became
till their clothes were burned
and they were screaming with pain .
then out of the distance there came a yell
ha ha said the devil we’re nearing home ,
oh how the passengers shrieked with pain
and begged old satan to stop that train .
the stranger awoke with an anguished cry
his clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high ,
he fell on his knees on the bar room floor
and prayed a prayer like never before .
and the prayers and vows were not in vain
for he never rode that down bound train .
__downbound train__
this song is relatively easy , play Gm throughout the whole song hammering on and off on
a and D strings . you could also strum Dm and go back to Gm if you think it sounds better .
since this is pretty much a one chord song , it might be easier to play if you put a capo
the second fret and play Em instead of playing Gm .
___lyrics : ___
a stranger lying on a bar room floor
had drank so much he could drink no more ,
so he fell asleep with a troubled brain
to dream that he rode on that down bound train .
the engine with blood was sweaty and damp
and brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp ,
and imps for fuel were shovelling bones
while the furnace rang with a thousand groans .
the boiler was filled with lager beer
the devil himself was the engineer ,
the passengers were most a motley crew ,
some were foreigners and others he knew .
rich men in broadcloth , beggars in rags
handsome young ladies and wicked old hags .
as the train rushed on at a terrible pace
sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face ,
wider and wider the country grew
faster and faster the engine flew ,
louder and louder the thunder crashed
brighter and brighter the lighting flashed ,
hotter and hotter the air became
till their clothes were burned
and they were screaming with pain .
then out of the distance there came a yell
ha ha said the devil we’re nearing home ,
oh how the passengers shrieked with pain
and begged old satan to stop that train .
the stranger awoke with an anguished cry
his clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high ,
he fell on his knees on the bar room floor
and prayed a prayer like never before .
and the prayers and vows were not in vain
for he never rode that down bound train .
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