Downbound Train chords by Chuck Berry
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Verse 1
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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
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that down bound train
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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
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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
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Rich men and lost beggars in rags
Handsome young ladies
Interlude 1
and wicked old hags
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Verse 5
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As the train rushed on at a
terrible pace
Sulfuric fumes scorched
their hands and face
Verse 6
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Wider and wider the country grew
Faster and faster the engine flew
Louder and louder the
thunder crashed
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Brighter and brighter the lighting flashed
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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
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Oh, how the passengers
shrieked with pain
They go to Satan with this
Verse 9
down bound train
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The stranger awoke with an anguished cry
His clothes wet with sweat
and his hair standing high
Verse 10
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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
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For he never rode
that down bound train
Downbound Train
Chuck Berry
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