Freight Train
Elizabeth CottenVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
Freight train, freight train, goin' so fast,
freight train, freight train, goin' so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on,
so they won't know where I'm gone.
Freight train, freight train, goin' round the bend,
freight train, freight train, comin' back again
One of these days turn that train around,
and go back to my home town.
One more place I'd like to be,
one more place I'd like to see
To watch them old Blue Ridge Mountains climb,
when I ride old Number Nine.
When I die Lord, bury me deep,
down at the end of Chestnut Street
Where I can hear old Number Nine,
as she comes down the line.
Freight train, freight train, goin' so fast,
freight train, freight train, goin' so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on,
so they won't know where I'm gone.
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Readable chord sheet for Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten
[C]Freight train, freight train, [G7]goin' so fast, [G]freight train, freight train, [C]goin' so fast [E7]Please don't tell what [F]train I'm on, so they [C]won't know [G7]where I'm [C]gone. [C]Freight train, freight train, [G7]goin' round the bend, [G]freight train, freight train, [C]comin' back again [E7]One of these days turn that [F]train around, and go [C]back to [G7]my home [C]town. [C]One more place [G7]I'd like to be, [G]one more place [C]I'd like to see To [E7]watch them old Blue Ridge [F]Mountains climb, when I [C]ride old [G7]Number [C]Nine. [C]When I die Lord, [G7]bury me deep, [G]down at the end of [C]Chestnut Street [E7]Where I can hear old [F]Number Nine, as [C]she comes [G7]down the [C]line. [C]Freight train, freight train, [G7]goin' so fast, [G]freight train, freight train, [C]goin' so fast [E7]Please don't tell what [F]train I'm on, so they [C]won't know [G7]where I'm [C]gone.