The tablature in the PDF link below will show you exactly how to play the melody and chords for the well-known spiritual This Train is Bound for Glory on your 3-string Cigar Box Guitar tuned to Open G GDG.
This song was first written down in the 1920’s, and was popularized by John and Alan Lomax including it in their field recordings from the 1930’s. It has also been called one of the foundational songs of Rock and Roll – see the Wikipedia article for much more information.
All of the cigar box guitar tablature here on CigarBoxGuitar.com is presented by The Southbound String Company, the only strings specifically chosen and voiced for cigar box guitars. Be sure to check out our line of Open G GDG cigar box guitar string sets here!
Click this link or the image below to view the printable PDF: This Train is Bound for Glory – Chords and Tablature for 3-string Cigar Box Guitars
Most of the tabs that we have available were either written or translated by Ben or Glenn unless otherwise noted. I will certainly take your request into consideration and see what we can do about getting some newer stuff out there.
If you can find standard 6-string tablature for the chords used in the song, you can generally translate them very well to the 3-string, so long as you know the chord shapes.
Do you guys think you could find some blues for 3 string cbg ? some newer stuff by guys like Jonny Lang or Robert Cray ?