Downbound Train - Chuck Berry Chords
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Genre: rock and roll, blues, classic rock
__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,
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