Freight Train Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[D][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]I was born in Dixie
in a boomer shack,
just a little shanty by a [D]railroad [G]track.
The humming of the drivers was my lullaby,
A freight train whistle taught me [D]how to [G]cry.
I got the freight train blues,
Lordy, lordy, lordy,
Got them in the bottom of
my [D]ramblin' shoes.
When the [G]whistle blows, I've got to go
[C]Oh lordy, [G]guess I'm never gonna lose
the [D]freight train [G]blues[D][G]
My daddy was a fireman
and my mammy dear
Was the only daughter of an [D]engineer[G]
My sweetie is a brakeman
and it ain't no joke
It's a shame the way
she keeps her [D]good man [G]broke
I got the freight train blues,
laudy, laudy, laudy
Got them in the bottom of
my [D]ramblin' shoes
When the [G]whistle blows, I've got to go,
[C]Oh lordy, [G]guess I'm never gonna lose
the [D]freight train [G]blues.[D][G]
The blowing of a steamboat
never stirs my soul,
Aeroplanes and autos
always [D]leave me cold.
[G]The only thing that makes
me want to navigate
is the wild cat whistle on a
[D]southbound [G]freight.[D][G]
I know I'm old enough to stop
this running around.
I've tried a hundred times
to quit and [D]settle down.
[G]But every time I find a
place I'd like to stay,
Hear a freight train holler
and I'm [D]on my [G]way.
I got the freight train blues,
Lordy, lordy, lordy.
Got them in the bottom of
my [D]ramblin' shoes.
When the [G]whistle blows, I got to go.
[C]Oh, Lordy, gue[G]ss I'm never gonna lose
the [D]freight train [G]blues.
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