{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":997525,"song":"Downbound Train","artist":"Chuck Berry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11625273-downbound-train-chords-by-chuck-berry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/997525?type=chord","rating":4.56203,"votes":5,"content":"__Downbound Train__\r\n\r\nThis song is relatively easy, play [ch]Gm[/ch] throughout the whole song hammering on and off on \r\nA and D strings. You could also strum [ch]Dm[/ch] and go Back to [ch]Gm[/ch] if you think it sounds better.\r\n\r\nSince this is pretty much a one chord song, it might be easier to play if you put a capo \r\nthe second fret and play Em instead of playing [ch]Gm[/ch].\r\n\r\n\r\n___Lyrics:___\r\n\r\nA stranger lying on a bar room floor\r\nHad drank so much he could drink no more,\r\nSo he fell asleep with a troubled brain\r\nTo dream that he rode on that down bound train.\r\n\r\nThe engine with blood was sweaty and damp\r\nAnd brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp,\r\nAnd imps for fuel were shovelling bones\r\nWhile the furnace rang with a thousand groans.\r\n\r\nThe boiler was filled with lager beer\r\nThe devil himself was the engineer,\r\n\r\nThe passengers were most a motley crew,\r\nSome were foreigners and others he knew.\r\nRich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags\r\nHandsome young ladies and wicked old hags.\r\n\r\nAs the train rushed on at a terrible pace\r\nSulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face,\r\nWider and wider the country grew\r\nFaster and faster the engine flew,\r\nLouder and louder the thunder crashed\r\n\r\nBrighter and brighter the lighting flashed,\r\n\r\nHotter and hotter the air became\r\nTill their clothes were burned\r\nand they were screaming with pain.\r\nThen out of the distance there came a yell\r\nHa ha said the devil we're nearing home,\r\n\r\nOh how the passengers shrieked with pain\r\nAnd begged old Satan to stop that train.\r\n\r\nThe stranger awoke with an anguished cry\r\nHis clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high,\r\nHe fell on his knees on the bar room floor\r\nAnd prayed a prayer like never before.\r\n\r\nAnd the prayers and vows were not in vain\r\nFor he never rode that down bound train.","plain_text":"__Downbound Train__\n\nThis song is relatively easy, play Gm throughout the whole song hammering on and off on \nA and D strings. You could also strum Dm and go Back to Gm if you think it sounds better.\n\nSince this is pretty much a one chord song, it might be easier to play if you put a capo \nthe second fret and play Em instead of playing Gm.\n\n\n___Lyrics:___\n\nA stranger lying on a bar room floor\nHad drank so much he could drink no more,\nSo he fell asleep with a troubled brain\nTo dream that he rode on that down bound train.\n\nThe engine with blood was sweaty and damp\nAnd brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp,\nAnd imps for fuel were shovelling bones\nWhile the furnace rang with a thousand groans.\n\nThe boiler was filled with lager beer\nThe devil himself was the engineer,\n\nThe passengers were most a motley crew,\nSome were foreigners and others he knew.\nRich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags\nHandsome young ladies and wicked old hags.\n\nAs the train rushed on at a terrible pace\nSulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face,\nWider and wider the country grew\nFaster and faster the engine flew,\nLouder and louder the thunder crashed\n\nBrighter and brighter the lighting flashed,\n\nHotter and hotter the air became\nTill their clothes were burned\nand they were screaming with pain.\nThen out of the distance there came a yell\nHa ha said the devil we're nearing home,\n\nOh how the passengers shrieked with pain\nAnd begged old Satan to stop that train.\n\nThe stranger awoke with an anguished cry\nHis clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high,\nHe fell on his knees on the bar room floor\nAnd prayed a prayer like never before.\n\nAnd the prayers and vows were not in vain\nFor he never rode that down bound train.","chords":["Gm","A","D","Dm","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}