Downbound Train Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Ebm]

[Verse 1]
[Ebm]A stranger lying on a bar room floor
Had drank so much he
could drink no more
And so he fell asleep with
a troubled brain
To dream that he rode on

[Verse 2]
that down bound train
[Ebm]
The engine with blood was
sweaty and damp
And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp
And imps for fuel was shovelling bones
While the furnace rang with

[Verse 3]
a thousand groans
[Ebm]
The boiler was filled with lots of beer
The devil himself was the engineer
The passengers were
most a motley crew
Some were foreigners and others he knew

[Verse 4]
[Ebm]Rich men and lost beggars in rags
Handsome young ladies

[Interlude 1]
and wicked old hags
[Ebm]

[Verse 5]
As the [Ebm]train rushed on at a
terrible pace
Sulfuric fumes scorched
their hands and face

[Verse 6]
[Ebm]Wider and wider the country grew
Faster and faster the engine flew
Louder and louder the
thunder crashed

[Verse 7]
Brighter and brighter the lighting flashed
[Ebm]Hotter and hotter the air became
Til' their clothes were burned
with each quivering refrain
Then out of the din there came a yell
Ha ha, said the devil we're nearing home

[Verse 8]
Oh, how the [Ebm]passengers
shrieked with pain
They go to Satan with this

[Verse 9]
down bound train
[Ebm]
The stranger awoke with an anguished cry
His clothes wet with sweat
and his hair standing high

[Verse 10]
He [Ebm]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 [Ebm]rode
that down bound train