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Lincoln's Funeral Train - Greg Graffin
Originally written by Norman Blake
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Tuning: Standard
Chords: Em:022000
C:x32010
Csus2:x3x010
G:320033
Em/F#:2x0000
Dsus4:xx0233
D:xx0232
A:x02220
A7sus4:x02233
[Intro]
Em Em Dsus4 D x 4
[Verse 1]
G
On the twenty-first of April
D
Eighteen and sixty-five
The Three-Thirty-One left Washington
C Csus2 Em
For Lincoln's last train ride
G
Cannons boomed, the bonfires burned
D
The evergreens wore grey, Three-Thirty-One, in the morning sun
C Csus2 Em
The hearse, that journey made
[Chorus]
Em Em/F# G D A A7sus4
See that train comin', boys, rollin' down Main
C Csus2 D Em
Draped in black, she won't be back; it's Lincoln's funeral train
Em Em/F# G D A A7sus4
With a portrait of a martyred man, shot down by a traitor
C Csus2 D Em
Now toll the bell and bid farewell to the Great Emancipator
[Instrumental]
Em Em Dsus4 D x 4
[Verse 2]
G
Crowds jammed the streets for a final look
D
At the great man who had stood
At the country's helm, through the bitter war
C Csus2 Em
That seemed of little good
G
Felled by the bullet of John Wilkes Booth
D
As the battle died away, his guiding spirit to reconciled
C Csus2 Em
By absence brought dismay
[Chorus]
Em Em/F# G D A A7sus4
See that train comin', boys, rollin' down Main
C Csus2 D Em
Draped in black, she won't be back; it's Lincoln's funeral train
Em Em/F# G D A A7sus4
With a portrait of a martyred man, shot down by a traitor
C Csus2 D Em
Now toll the bell and bid farewell to the Great Emancipator
[Middle 8]
Em Em/F# G D A A7sus4
C Csus2 D Em
(same strumming pattern as chorus)
[Chorus]
Em Em/F# G D A A7sus4
See that train comin', boys, rollin' down Main
C Csus2 D Em
Draped in black, she won't be back; it's Lincoln's funeral train
Em Em/F# G D A A7sus4
With a portrait of a martyred man, shot down by a traitor
C Csus2 D Em
Now toll the bell and bid farewell to the Great Emancipator
C Csus2 D Em
Now toll the bell and bid farewell to the Great Emancipator
From the video Greg likes to hammer on the Em chord at the end of each verse/chorus. Enjoy!
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