[Chorus]
G G7
There's an old black train a-comin' scraping long the iron.
C D
you won't need no ticket boy it'll take you in its time.
G G7
There's an old black train and engine and one small baggage car.
C D
You won't need much luggage to come to the judgment bar.
G G7
The train that we are singing about it has no whistle or Bell.
C D
And when you find your station you're in heaven or you're in hell.
[Chorus 2]
G G7
There's an old black train a-comin' set your business right.
C D
There's an old black train a-comin' and it may be here tonight.
G G7
Oh lord why don't you spare me see my wicked plight.
C D
Mercy Lord hear me come and set me right.
G G7
Oh, death had fixed the shackles around his throat so tight.
C D
Before he got his business fix the train rolled in that night.
[Chorus]
G G7
There's an old black train a-comin' scraping long the iron.
C D
you won't need no ticket boy it'll take you in its time.
G G7
They are men and women that love their sport and game.
C D
Yeah, death is ridin’ with them and he'll take them just the same.
G G7
Go tell that ballroom lady filled with worldly pride.
C D
The old black train's a-comin' prepare to take a ride.
[Chorus 2]
G G7
There's an old black train a-comin' set your business right.
C D
There's an old black train a-comin' and it may be here tonight.
G G7
There's a rich old man in his darkness says I have no such fears.
C D
I'll build my houses larger for I live a million years.
G G7
So while he sat there planning the god of power and might.
C D
Took the old Fool on the old black train souls in the fire tonight.
[Chorus]
G G7
There's an old black train a-comin' scraping long the iron.
C D
you won't need no ticket boy it'll take you in its time.