Norman Blake – Lincolns Funeral Train chords
Chords:
[Verse 1]Em G DOn the twenty-first of April, eighteen and sixty-fiveC Bm EmThree-thirty-one left Washington for Lincoln's last train rideG DThe cannons boomed, the bonfires burned, the evergreens wore greyC Bm EmThree-thirty-one in the morning sun, the hearse, that journey made[Chorus]Em GSee that train coming, boysD A Asus2Rolling down the mainC Bm DDraped in black, she won't be backEmIt's Lincoln's funeral trainEm G Asus4 AWith the portrait of a martyred man shot down by a traitorC Bm D EmNow toll the bell and bid farewell to the great emancipator[Verse 2]Em G DCrowd's jam the streets for a final look, At the great man who had stoodC Bm EmAt the country's helm through the bitter war, That seemed of little goodG DFelled by the bullet of John Wilkes Booth, As the battle died awayC Bm EmHis guiding spirit to reconcile by absence brought dismay[Chorus]Em GSee that train coming, boysD A Asus2Rolling down the mainC Bm DDraped in black, she won't be backEmIt's Lincoln's funeral trainEm G Asus4 AWith the portrait of a martyred man shot down by a traitorC Bm D EmNow toll the bell and bid farewell to the great emancipatorC Bm D EmNow toll the bell and bid farewell to the great emancipator