Chords for Freight Train (Acoustic Guitar)
Tempo:
91.45 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
D#
E
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Alright, here's another tune that Sarah really loves.
I do too, it's a great tune.
It's a Elizabeth Cotton song called Freight Train.
It was my introduction, which I'm still not that good at, into fingerstyle stuff.
So I got the fingerpicks out.
So we'll go ahead and try to whip out Freight Train here for [B] you.
[F#]
[B] [D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so fast.
[D#] Please don't tell [E] what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone.
[D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] When I'm dead [F#] and I'm in my grave, no more good [B] times here, I crave.
[D#] Place the stones in [E] my hair and my feet, till [B] them all [F#] have gone [B] to sleep.
Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so fast.
[D#] Please don't tell [E] what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone.
[F#]
[B] [D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] When I die, [F#] won't you bury me deep, down at the edge [B] of old Chester Street.
[D#] So I can hear [E] old number nine, [B] as she [F#] goes [B] rolling by.
Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, [B] freight train, run so fast.
[D#] Please don't [E] tell what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#]
what route [B] I've gone.
[D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so [D#] fast.
Please don't [E] tell what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone.
[F#]
[B] [D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[G#m] [F#] [B]
[D#m] [F]
I do too, it's a great tune.
It's a Elizabeth Cotton song called Freight Train.
It was my introduction, which I'm still not that good at, into fingerstyle stuff.
So I got the fingerpicks out.
So we'll go ahead and try to whip out Freight Train here for [B] you.
[F#]
[B] [D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so fast.
[D#] Please don't tell [E] what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone.
[D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] When I'm dead [F#] and I'm in my grave, no more good [B] times here, I crave.
[D#] Place the stones in [E] my hair and my feet, till [B] them all [F#] have gone [B] to sleep.
Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so fast.
[D#] Please don't tell [E] what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone.
[F#]
[B] [D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] When I die, [F#] won't you bury me deep, down at the edge [B] of old Chester Street.
[D#] So I can hear [E] old number nine, [B] as she [F#] goes [B] rolling by.
Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, [B] freight train, run so fast.
[D#] Please don't [E] tell what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#]
what route [B] I've gone.
[D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so [D#] fast.
Please don't [E] tell what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone.
[F#]
[B] [D#]
[E] [B] [F#]
[G#m] [F#] [B]
[D#m] [F]
Key:
B
F#
D#
E
G#m
B
F#
D#
_ _ _ Alright, here's another tune that Sarah really loves.
_ I do too, it's a great tune.
It's a Elizabeth Cotton song called Freight Train.
It was my introduction, which I'm still not that good at, into fingerstyle stuff.
So I got the fingerpicks out.
So we'll go ahead and try to whip out Freight Train here for [B] you. _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so fast.
[D#] _ Please don't tell [E] what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone.
_ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ When I'm dead [F#] and I'm in my grave, no more good [B] times here, I crave.
[D#] _ Place the stones in [E] my hair and my feet, till [B] them all [F#] have gone [B] to sleep.
_ Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so fast.
[D#] _ Please don't tell [E] what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ When I die, [F#] won't you bury me deep, down at the edge [B] of old Chester Street.
[D#] So I can hear [E] old number nine, [B] as she [F#] goes [B] rolling by.
_ Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, [B] freight train, run so fast.
[D#] Please don't [E] tell what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#]
what route [B] I've gone.
_ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so [D#] fast.
Please don't [E] tell what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#m] _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ [F] _ _
_ I do too, it's a great tune.
It's a Elizabeth Cotton song called Freight Train.
It was my introduction, which I'm still not that good at, into fingerstyle stuff.
So I got the fingerpicks out.
So we'll go ahead and try to whip out Freight Train here for [B] you. _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so fast.
[D#] _ Please don't tell [E] what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone.
_ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ When I'm dead [F#] and I'm in my grave, no more good [B] times here, I crave.
[D#] _ Place the stones in [E] my hair and my feet, till [B] them all [F#] have gone [B] to sleep.
_ Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so fast.
[D#] _ Please don't tell [E] what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ When I die, [F#] won't you bury me deep, down at the edge [B] of old Chester Street.
[D#] So I can hear [E] old number nine, [B] as she [F#] goes [B] rolling by.
_ Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, [B] freight train, run so fast.
[D#] Please don't [E] tell what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#]
what route [B] I've gone.
_ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ Freight train, freight [F#] train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight [B] train, run so [D#] fast.
Please don't [E] tell what train I'm on, [B] they won't know [F#] what route [B] I've gone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#m] _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ [F] _ _