The Train Song chords by Holly Near

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:
E minorEm
Daddy took a bullet from a scab in West Virginia
A minorAm
Mama took the family and she drove to Albuquerque
Bbsus4Bbsus4       Bb majorBb
My sister took a job, got sent to fight across the border
A augmentedA                  A minorAm
My brother keeps my mama, her grief took half her mind
D MajorD          E MajorE  E minorEm                 A augmentedA
So I send them home some money from the odd jobs that I have found


Chorus:
D MajorD      B minorBm       E minorEm        G+G    A augmentedA
No one came knockin’ at my door with loving on their mind
D MajorD         B minorBm    E MajorE          A augmentedA
The only knocks I ever got were of the hurting kind
A augmentedA  D MajorD         E MajorE    B minorBm
So I keep on moving on down the line
B minorBm        A augmentedA
One foot ahead of trouble
E minorEm           A augmentedA     B minorBm
But trouble’s all this body ever finds
B minorBm        A augmentedA
One step forward, two steps back
AbmAbm           G+G
Trying to get across the railroad track
B minorBm        A augmentedA
One step forward, two steps back
AbmAbm           G+G
Trying to get across the railroad track
B minorBm             A augmentedA E MajorE         G+G
And there’s a train a-comin’, there’s a train a-comin’
G+G     B minorBm       A augmentedA     E MajorE    E7E7
There’s a train a-comin’, I want to ride

Verse:
E minorEm                        A minorAm
I’ve seen the eyes of prison guards staring at my body
A minorAm
I’ve known the arms of strangers who left money on the table
Bb majorBb
I’ve stood for hours putting pears and apples into boxes
A augmentedA                       A minorAm
I’m afraid to see my mama, I may lose half my mind
D MajorD                    E minorEm       A augmentedA
So I send them home some money from the odd jobs that I find

Chorus:
D MajorD      B minorBm       E minorEm        G+G    A augmentedA
No one came knockin’ at my door with loving on their mind
D MajorD         B7B7      E7E7       A augmentedA
The only knocks I ever got were of the hurting kind
A augmentedA  D MajorD         E MajorE    B minorBm
So I keep on moving on down the line
B minorBm        A augmentedA
One foot ahead of trouble
E minorEm           A augmentedA     B minorBm
But trouble’s all this body ever finds
B minorBm        A augmentedA
One step forward, two steps back
AbmAbm           Gmaj7Gmaj7
Trying to get across the railroad track
B minorBm        A augmentedA
One step forward, two steps back
AbmAbm           Gmaj7Gmaj7
Trying to get across the railroad track
B minorBm             Asus4Asus4      E7E7   G+G
And there’s a train a-comin’,   there’s a train a-comin’
G+G     B minorBm       A augmentedA     E MajorE    E7E7
There’s a train a-comin’, I want to ride
Gmaj7Gmaj7 A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA E7E7
I gonna ride it

Outro:
(Repeat and fade)
B minorBm             Asus4Asus4      E7E7   G+G
And there’s a train a-comin’,   there’s a train a-comin’
G+G     B minorBm       A augmentedA     E MajorE    E7E7
There’s a train a-comin’, I want to ride
Gmaj7Gmaj7 A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA E7E7
I gonna ride it