Tennessee Ernie Ford - Get On Board Little Children

      Tennessee Ernie Ford- Get on board, little children- 1872

[Verse 1]
G
The gospel train’s a-coming
                   D7
I hear it close at hand
  G                    C
I hear the cart wheels movin’
             D7          G
And rumblin’ through the land

[Chorus]
G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 2]
G
I hear the bell and whistle
                         D7
They’re comin’ round the curve
      G               C
She’s playin’ all her power
      D7            G
And strainin’ every nerve

[Chorus]
G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 3]
G
No signal from another train
                 D7
To follow on the line
   G                      C
Oh sinner, you’re forever lost
              D7       G
With what you left behind

[Chorus]
G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 4]
G
I hear that train a comin'
                    D7
I hear her close at hand
  G                      C
I hear those car wheels rumblin'
             D7         G
And rollin' through the land.

[Chorus]
G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 5]
G
The fare is cheap and all can go
                       D7
The right and poor are there
      G                C
No second class upon this train
              D7     G
No difference in the fare.

[Chorus]
G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 6]
G
There’s Moses, Noah and Abraham
                     D7
And all the prophets too
     G                     C
Our friends in Christ are all on board
           D7       G
Oh, what a Heavenly crew

[Chorus]
G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 7]
G
We’ll shout o’er all our sorrows
                 D7
And sing forever more
     G                  C
With Christ and all His army
           D7      G
On that celestial shore

[Chorus]
G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.

G      C
Get on board, little children
       G
Get on board, little children
       C
Get on board, little children
        C         D7    G
There's room for many-a-more.