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Freight Train by Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group - Guitar Chords
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Version 1
Freight Train - Chas. McDevitt Skiffle Group
Featured Nancy Whiskey on vocal
Label: Oriole
Composers: James, Williams
Based on the Elizabeth Cotton version.
Reached #5 in 1957 in the UK, and #40 in the US, one of the hits
in the UK skiffle boom - Washboard percussion, tea-chest broomstick bass
and banjo/guitar. First band for a lot of us oldies.
Don't forget to whistle.
Intro:
C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6
C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6
Chorus:
C G7
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
G7 C
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
E7 F
I don't know what train he's on
F C G7 C
Won't you tell me where he's gone
E7 F
OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F C G7 C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO
#1:
C G7
Don't know where he's headin for
G7 C
What he's done against the law
E7 F
Got no future, got no hope
F C G7 C
Just nothin but the rope
E7 F
OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F C G7 C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO
Chorus:
C G7
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
G7 C
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
E7 F
I don't know what train he's on
F C G7 C
Won't you tell me where he's gone
E7 F
OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F C G7 C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO
#2:
C G7
He lost his reason, lost his life
G7 C
He killed his friend in mortal strife
E7 F
He must have moved like the rollin' skies
F C G7 C
Just a-waitin til he dies
E7 F
OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F C G7 C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO
Chorus:
C G7
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
G7 C
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
E7 F
I don't know what train he's on
F C G7 C
Won't you tell me where he's gone
E7 F
OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F C G7 C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO
#3:
C G7
When he dies, just bury him please
G7 C
Way down the end of old Chestnut Street
E7 F
Poplars at his head and feet
F C G7 C
And tell them he's gone to sleep
E7 F
OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F C G7 C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO
Chorus:
C G7
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
G7 C
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
E7 F
I don't know what train he's on
F C G7 C
Won't you tell me where he's gone
E7 F
OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F C G7 C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO
C C6
repeat and fade
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