{t:Freight Train}
{st:Elizabeth Cotten}
{c: | T - d u T - d u | (1 2 & 3 4 &)}
{c:(alternating thumb on string 3 then 4)}
{c:verse 1}
[C]Freight train, freight train, [G7]run so fast,
Freight train, freight train, [C]run so fast.
[E7]Please don't tell what [F]train I'm on,
So they [C]won't know [G7]what route I'm [C]gone.
{c:verse 2}
[C]When I'm dead and [G7]in my grave,
No more good times [C]'ere I crave.
[E7]Place a stone at my [F]head and feet,
Tell em [C]all that I'm [G7]gone to [C]sleep.
[E7]/ / [F]/ / [C]/ [G7]/ [C]/ /
{instrumental verse}
[E7]/ / [F]/ / [C]/ [G7]/ [C]/ /
{c:verse 3}
[C]When I die Lord, [G7]bury me deep,
Way down on old [C]Chestnut Street.
[E7]Then I can hear old [F]Number Nine,
As [C]she comes [G7]rolling [C]by.
{c:verse 1}
[C]Freight train, freight train, [G7]run so fast,
Freight train, freight train, [C]run 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.
[E7]/ / [F]/ / [C]/ [G7]/ [C]/ /
