Little Black Train, The

Traditional

Key of A · Chords: I IV V

Chorus

        A
There’s a little black train a comin
    A
Set your business right
        A
There’s a little black train a comin
    A  E   D  A
And it may be here tonight

Chorus

   A
Go tell that ball room lady
    A
All dressed in the worldly pride
     A
That death’s dark train is coming
        A  E    D A
Prepare to take a ride

Verse 1

    A
God sent to Hezikai
  A
A message from on high
    A
You better set your house in order
    A   E    D      A
For you must surely die

Verse 2

   A
He turned to the wall in weeping
   A
We see and hear his tears
   A
He got his business fixed all right
    A      E   D       A
God spared him fifteen years

Verse 3

   A
We see that train with engine
    A
And one small baggage car
     A
Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds
     A    E  D   A
Will stop at the judgment bar

Verse 4

That poor young man in darkness
      A
Cares not for the gospel light
    A
Til suddenly he hears the whistle blow
    A   E      D           A
And the little black train in site

Verse 5

Have mercy on me lord
Please come and set me right
       A
Before he got his business fixed
The train rolled in that night