Freight Train Blues Chords

C
I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack,
                              G7       C
Just a little old shanty by a railroad track,
The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby,
                                      G7     C
and a freight train whistle taught me how to cry.
 
[Chorus]
C
I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
                            D7       G7
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes,
    C                                       C7
And when that whistle blows, I've gotta go,
F          C                     A7
Oh! Lordy! guess I'm never gonna lose,
    D7       G7            C
The mean old freight train blues.
 
C
Now my Pappy was a fireman and my Mammy dear,
                            G7      C
Was the only daughter of an en-gin- eer,
My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke,
                                     G7       C
Now it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke.
 
[Chorus]
C
I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
                            D7       G7
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes,
    C                                      C7
And when the whistle blows, I've gotta go,
F          C                     A7
Oh! Lordy! guess I'm never gonna lose,
    D7       G7            C
The mean old freight train blues.
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