Freight train blues chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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