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