Freight train blues chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Verse 1
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I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack
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In a little shanty by the railroad track
The humming of the drivers was my lullaby
And a freight train whistle
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taught me how to cry
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I got the freight train balloons,
lordy, lordy, lordy
Got them in the bottom of
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my ramblin' shoes
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And when the whistle blows, I gotta go
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Oh lordy,
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yes I'm never gonna lose
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the freight train blue
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my
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daddy was a fireman
and my mama dear
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was the only daughter of an engineer
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my sweetie was a brakeman
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and that ain't no joke
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ain't it a shame how
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she keeps me broke
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I know I'm old enough
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to quit my runnin' round
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I've tried a hundred times
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to stop and settle down
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But every time I find a place I want to stay
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I hear a freight train whistle
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and I'm on my way
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I got the freight train balloon,
lordy, lordy, lordy
Got them in the bottom of
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my ramblin' shoe
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And when the whistle blows
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I gotta go, oh lordy
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Yes, I'm never gonna lose
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the freight train blues
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There's that old mournful whistle
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So, so long you
Freight train blues
Tennessee ernie ford
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