The East Bound Train

Mac Wiseman

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C              G7        C
The east bound train was crowded
    F             C
One cold December day
                      F
The conductor shouted tickets
       G7                 C
In his kind old fashioned way

Verse 2

         G7        C
A little girl with sadness
    F                 C
Her hair as bright as gold
                   F
She said I have no ticket
    G7             C
And then her story told

Verse 3

          G7    C
My father is in prison
     F                   C
He's lost his sight they say
                  F
I'm going for his pardon
     G7            C
This cold December day

Verse 4

             G7    C
My mother is daily sewing
   F               C
To try to earn our bread
                             F
While my poor dear old blind father
      G7            C
Is in prison almost dead

Verse 5

              G7        C
The conductor could not answer
   F                C
He could not make a reply
                      F
Taking his rough hand wiping
    G7                 C
The teardrops from his eyes

Verse 6

            G7        C
He said God bless you little one
F                    C
Stay right where you are
                    F
You’ll never need a ticket
      G7           C
While I am on this car