Ride The Train Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays502

Ride The Train by Alabama is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, D, F#m and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: A  E  D  A 
 
A                  D             E            A 
The Orange Blossom Special   the Wabash Cannonball    
                    D         F#m             E  
the Chatanooga choo choo this hobo's seen 'em all 
     A                 D          E                 D   
I've watched the Santa Fe lay her smoke against the sky   
    A               D             E                   A   
and listened to old number three  rollin' through the night 
 
                 A  D            A         
CHORUS: Ride the train  ride the train  anywhere I'm goin'  
       D                                    A 
I ride train  sleepin' in a box car when it rains 
         D  E           A 
ride the train ride the train 
 
A            D            E          A 
The Southern Pacific  the Overland Express   
                  D              F#m             E    
and up ahead, the coal car  with West Virginia's best    
    A          D          E              D 
and Oklahoma's Frisco the biggest one of all  
     A               D              E                 A 
I've listened to the silver steeds  lonesome midnight call 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
 
     G  D  A  
END: Tra---in  
      
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante