Em 
I'm on a train called purgatory 
         D                  Em 
And it's screaming down the rails 
     C            Em 
It's not a pretty story 
         Am              Em 
But it's all I've got to tell 

Em 
The conductor's name is Louie 
         D              Em 
He got a goatee and the tail 
   C                         Em 
He punches my ticket, and he hands it back to me 
       Am                Em    C Em 
And he says next stop is hell 

Am           Em   
Next stop is hell 

Em 
I never saw no contract 
        D              Em 
I never signed no dody line 
   C            Em 
So can somebody tell me 
        Am                Em 
Why I'm holding down this line 

Em 
I'm rolling like a rocket 
    D              Em 
I'm running out of time 
     C                  Em 
Only one heart that can stop it 
    Am                  Em    
The one that once loved mine 

     C                  Em       Am Em 
Only one heart that can stop it 

D 
Lord can you help me reach her 
C 
Cause no one else but she 
    Em 
Can throw the switch, and turn this train 
                        D   C D C     
Please send her back to me 

D 
Lucifer is laughing 
    C 
The engine's blowing fire 
Em 
Lord have mercy on my soul 
                         D    C D C D C 
This train is my funeral pyre 

Em 
I guess I've been a dead man 
D               Em 
Ever since that day 
   C                  Em 
My true love said goodbye to me 
    Am                Em 
And turned and walked away 

Em 
The day I bought my ticket 
  D                     Em 
I payed with the broken heart 
  C           Em 
I boarded the express to hell 
          Am              Em     C Em 
You can't stop it once it starts 

          Am              Em 
You can't stop it once it starts 

Em 
I'm sitting at the window 
       D                Em 
And I'm praying all I've got 
C                   Em 
Before we reach the station lord 
Am                    Em 
Please take your best shot 

Em 
Please get me in your crosses 
    D          Em 
And fire off a round 
       C                 Em 
And he raises my soul forever 
          Am            Em    C Em 
Don't let Satan take me down 

          Am            Em 
Don't let Satan take me down 

D 
I always thought this train 
    C 
Was suppose to go uphill 
    Em 
Not down 
    D    C D C 
Not down 

D 
But in this life I've learned 
    C 
One thing 
                     Em 
What I think doesn't count 
              D     C D C D C 
It just don't count 

Em 
I'm on a train called purgatory 
        D                Em 
And the next stop off is hell 
   C              Em 
It ain't a pretty story 
         Am              Em 
But it's all I've got to tell 

Em 
I'm on a train called purgatory 
        D                Em 
And the next stop off is hell 
   C              Em 
It ain't a pretty story 
         Am              Em 
But it's all I've got to tell 

   C              Em 
It ain't a pretty story 
         Am              Em 
But it's all I've got to tell 

   C              Em        Am Em 
It ain't a pretty story