Morning Train (Precious Bryant)
This song is part of the Black Snake Moan OST.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_Bryant
Piedmont fingerstyle pattern: The thumb plays bass notes,
the other fingers play melody, grace notes, ... on the higher 3 strings.
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----B-------B-------B-------B---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-B-------B-------B-------B-------|
Chord progression (repeated through the whole song,
one G pickup bar in the beginning, the last instrumental part fading):
| G | G | G | Em | G7 | C | G | G G/F# | G |
Picking example: Instrumental, 1st part
G G
e|-------------0-----3-------------0---||-3---3-------3-------0-----0---3---|
B|---------------3-----------0-3-------||-------------------------3---------|
G|-----0-------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
D|-----0---------0-------0---------0---||-----0-------0-------0---------0---|
A|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
E|-3-------3---------3---------3-------||-3-------3-------3---------3-------|
G G
e|-3---------------------------0-----|-3---3-------3---3---0-----0--------0--|
B|-------------------------------3---|-------------------------3----0--3-----|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------------|---------------------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0---------0---|-----0-------0-------0-----------0-----|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3---------|-3-------3-------3---------3-----------|
Em G
e|-0-----------0-----0---------------|-------------1---------------------|
B|---------------3-------------------|-----3-----------------------------|
G|-----0-----------------0-----------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----2---------2-------2-----------|-----0-------0---------0-----------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------0-----0---2---|
E|-0-------0---------0-------0---2---|-3-------3-------3-----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/precious_bryant/morning_train_tab.html ]
C G G/F#
e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------1-----1-----------1-----|-----------------------0-----------|
G|-----0---------0-----------------0---|-----0-------0------0--------------|
D|-----2---------2-------2---------2---|-----0-------0---------0-----------|
A|-3-----------------3-----------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------3-----------------3---------|-3-------3-------2---------0---2---|
G
e|-------------0-----3---0-----0---3---||
B|---------------3-----------3---------||
G|-----0-------------------------------||
D|-----0---------0-------0---------0---||
A|-------------------------------------||
E|-3-------3---------3---------3-------||
G G
I'm going home on the morning train,
G Em
you know, I'm going home on the morning train.
G7 C
Well, that evening train may be too late,
G D G
and that's why I'm going home on the morning train.
G G
Well now, I'm going home on the morning train,
G Em
you know, I'm going home on the morning train.
G7 C
Well, that evening train may be too late,
G G/F# G
that's why I'm going home on the morning train.
G G
Well, that evening train may be too late,
G Em
yes, that evening train may be too late.
G7 C
Well, that evening train may be too late
G G/F# G
that's why I'm going home on the morning train.
G G
Well you back up hearse and get your load,
G Em
you know, you back up hearse and get your load.
G7 C
Well, you back up hearse, and get your heavy load
G G/F# G
and that's reason I'm going home on the morning train.
G G
Well then, I'm going home on the morning train,
Em
yeah, I'm going home on the morning train.
G7 C
well that evening train may be too late
G G/F# G
that's why I'm going home on the morning train.
Instrumental (2x chord progression)
G G
Well then, I'm going home on the morning train,
G Em
yeah, I'm going home on the morning train.
G7 C
Well, that evening train may be too late,
G G/F# G
and that's why I'm going home on the morning train.
Instrumental (fading)
