Downbound 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 .