Devil's Train Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays467

Devil's Train by Hank Williams is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C 
The devil's train is long and black 
                     Am 
It rides on rails of tears 
     C 
It's headed for destruction now, 
       G             C 
With a drunken engin-eer 
 
 
 
C 
Oh, see the greatness of the crowd 
                      Am 
That waits beside the track 
        C 
They're leaving on that devil's train 
          G      C 
And never coming back 

C 
Oh Lord, please stop that devil's train 
                 G 
Before it is too late 
    C 
And teach them how to bow their heads 
   Am         G          C 
Be-fore they seal their fate 
 
 
 
C 
The devil's train will take you to 
                     Am 
A land of groans and pain 
       C 
You'll spend your days in sorrow if 
    G                 C 
You ride that devil's train 
 
 
 
C 
Oh, listen to that whistle scream 
                     Am 
Like echoes from the blue 
    C 
The throttle's wide and spouting steam 
      G             C 
She's on her way to doom 
 
 
 
Chorus 
 
 
C 
The devil's train is long and black 
                  Am 
It's beautiful to see 
   C 
It offers you temptation but 
   G                C 
It brings you miser-y 
 
 
 
C 
So come and ride that glorious train 
                   Am 
Where happiness is free 
     C 
It's on its way to heaven now 
   G             C 
To spend eternit-y 
 
 
Chorus 
 
 
Tabbed by Joe Wallace, Countrytabs.com
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante