Freight Train Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][Em][Em][Em]

[Verse 1]
I [Em]just came down from Chippewa
Had as [C]station wagon and a hundred dollars
[D]Thinking about the girl I'd lost a [Em]year before
I hadn't seen her for some time
Thought [C]I might go on by
when your [D]memory came flooding in
and you [Em]closed that door

[Chorus 1]
Wish I was [Em]a freight train, baby
Wish I was a [C]diesel locomotive
I'd come [D]whistling down your track,
[Em]crashing in your door
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I [C]didn't have a heart
You need a [D]shovel for the coal
[Em]just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I was [C]a freight train, baby
Wish I was [D]a freight t[Em]rain

[Verse 2]
Well, [Em]every time I talk to you
I [C]hear your jealous lines
I [D]feel like I've been left abandoned
on [Em]some old railway side
And every time I hear your voice
my [C]water just gets cold
My [D]stoker will not stoke
and my [Em]boiler will not boil

[Chorus 2]
Wish I was [Em]a freight train, baby
Wish I was a [C]diesel locomotive
I'd come [D]whistling down your track,
[Em]crashing in your door
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I [C]didn't have a heart
You need a [D]shovel for the coal
[Em]just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I was [C]a freight train, baby
Wish I was [D]a freight t[Em]rain

[Solo 1]
[Em][C][D][Em]
[Em][C][D][Em][Em]

[Verse 3]
Well, [Em]every time I fell behind,
I [C]could not get ahead
I [D]wish someone would pull the lever
and [Em]give me a little sand
And every time I slip behind
[C]even further back
I [D]wish some switch man would come out
of the [Em]fog and change my track

[Chorus 3]
Wish I was [Em]a freight train, baby
Wish I was a [C]diesel locomotive
I'd come [D]whistling down your track,
[Em]crashing in your door
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I [C]didn't have a heart
You need a [D]shovel for the coal
[Em]just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I was [C]a freight train, baby
Wish I was [D]a freight t[Em]rain

[Solo 2]
[Em][C][D][Em]
[Em][C][D][Em]
[Em][C][D][Em]
[Em][C][D][Em]

[Chorus 4]
Wish I was [Em]a freight train, baby
Wish I was a [C]diesel locomotive
I'd come [D]whistling down your track,
[Em]crashing in your door
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I [C]didn't have a heart
You need a [D]shovel for the coal
[Em]just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train, baby
Wish I was [C]a freight train, baby
Wish I was [D]a freight t[Em]rain

[Solo 3]
[Em][C][D][Em]
[Em][C][D][Em]
[Repeat and fade]