Freight Train Blues chords by Red Foley

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Intro 1

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