Chords for Gordon Lightfoot- Two Tones- Fast Freight
Tempo:
73.55 bpm
Chords used:
Am
A
G
B
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I guess by now you know we've all come here to sing.
[B] The way we got the title of that song from a couple of Russian scientists who came to
Canada recently carrying secret documents, and they came here to sing.
[D] [B] Back in the Depression days, of course, the 1930s, a number of [N] men took to riding the rails.
[C] A number of these men got wanderlust in their souls, couldn't shake it.
Kind of like dandruff on an old suit coat, you know.
[F] Here's a story about a guy that really had [Ab] it bad, [E] in a wanderlust.
[Am]
As I lie awake and listen, I listen for the train.
Wish [Dm] the railroad didn't run [Am] so near.
For the rattle and the clatter of that old fast freight [G] keeps a-making music [Am] in my ear.
Go farm again, go farm again.
[A]
Hear [G] the whistle blow, hear the whistle [A] blow.
Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If [Am] you go,
[A] you can't [Am] come back.
Well, I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I used to be.
Worked [A] as hard as any [Am] man in town.
I've got a little girl, she thinks the world of me.
[C] A man would be a fool [Am] to let her down.
Go bum again, go bum again.
[A]
Hear the [G] whistle blow, hear the whistle blow.
Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If you [Am] go, you [G] can't come.
[Am]
So every night I listen, lie awake and wait.
In my dreams I'm riding on that train.
I feel my pulse a beating with that old man's heat.
And thank [Em] the Lord I'm just a [Am] bum again.
Go bum again, go bum again.
[A]
Hear the [G] whistle blow, hear [A] the whistle blow.
Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If [Am] you go, [A] you [G] can't [Am] come back.
[N]
Thank you.
[B] The way we got the title of that song from a couple of Russian scientists who came to
Canada recently carrying secret documents, and they came here to sing.
[D] [B] Back in the Depression days, of course, the 1930s, a number of [N] men took to riding the rails.
[C] A number of these men got wanderlust in their souls, couldn't shake it.
Kind of like dandruff on an old suit coat, you know.
[F] Here's a story about a guy that really had [Ab] it bad, [E] in a wanderlust.
[Am]
As I lie awake and listen, I listen for the train.
Wish [Dm] the railroad didn't run [Am] so near.
For the rattle and the clatter of that old fast freight [G] keeps a-making music [Am] in my ear.
Go farm again, go farm again.
[A]
Hear [G] the whistle blow, hear the whistle [A] blow.
Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If [Am] you go,
[A] you can't [Am] come back.
Well, I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I used to be.
Worked [A] as hard as any [Am] man in town.
I've got a little girl, she thinks the world of me.
[C] A man would be a fool [Am] to let her down.
Go bum again, go bum again.
[A]
Hear the [G] whistle blow, hear the whistle blow.
Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If you [Am] go, you [G] can't come.
[Am]
So every night I listen, lie awake and wait.
In my dreams I'm riding on that train.
I feel my pulse a beating with that old man's heat.
And thank [Em] the Lord I'm just a [Am] bum again.
Go bum again, go bum again.
[A]
Hear the [G] whistle blow, hear [A] the whistle blow.
Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If [Am] you go, [A] you [G] can't [Am] come back.
[N]
Thank you.
Key:
Am
A
G
B
C
Am
A
G
I guess by now you know we've all come here to sing.
[B] The way we got the title of that song from a couple of Russian scientists who came to
Canada recently carrying secret documents, and they came here to sing. _
[D] _ [B] Back in the Depression days, of course, the 1930s, a number of [N] men took to riding the rails.
[C] A number of these men got wanderlust in their souls, couldn't shake it.
Kind of like dandruff on an old suit coat, you know.
_ [F] Here's a story about a guy that really had [Ab] it bad, [E] in a wanderlust.
_ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ As I lie awake and listen, I listen for the train.
Wish [Dm] the railroad didn't run [Am] so near.
For the rattle and the clatter of that old fast freight [G] keeps a-making music [Am] in my ear.
Go farm again, _ _ go farm again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Hear [G] the whistle blow, _ hear _ the whistle [A] blow.
_ Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If [Am] you go, _ _ _
_ _ [A] you can't [Am] come back. _
_ Well, I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I used to be.
Worked [A] as hard as any [Am] man in town.
I've got a little girl, she thinks the world of me.
[C] A man would be a fool [Am] to let her down.
Go bum again, _ _ go bum again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Hear the [G] whistle blow, _ _ hear the whistle blow.
_ Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If you [Am] go, _ _ _ _ _ you [G] can't come.
[Am] _
_ _ _ So every night I listen, lie awake and wait.
In my dreams I'm riding on that train.
I feel my pulse a beating with that old man's heat.
And thank [Em] the Lord I'm just a [Am] bum again.
Go bum again, _ go bum again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Hear the [G] whistle blow, _ _ hear _ [A] the whistle blow.
_ Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If [Am] you go, _ _ _ _ _ [A] you [G] can't [Am] come back.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you. _ _
[B] The way we got the title of that song from a couple of Russian scientists who came to
Canada recently carrying secret documents, and they came here to sing. _
[D] _ [B] Back in the Depression days, of course, the 1930s, a number of [N] men took to riding the rails.
[C] A number of these men got wanderlust in their souls, couldn't shake it.
Kind of like dandruff on an old suit coat, you know.
_ [F] Here's a story about a guy that really had [Ab] it bad, [E] in a wanderlust.
_ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ As I lie awake and listen, I listen for the train.
Wish [Dm] the railroad didn't run [Am] so near.
For the rattle and the clatter of that old fast freight [G] keeps a-making music [Am] in my ear.
Go farm again, _ _ go farm again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Hear [G] the whistle blow, _ hear _ the whistle [A] blow.
_ Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If [Am] you go, _ _ _
_ _ [A] you can't [Am] come back. _
_ Well, I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I used to be.
Worked [A] as hard as any [Am] man in town.
I've got a little girl, she thinks the world of me.
[C] A man would be a fool [Am] to let her down.
Go bum again, _ _ go bum again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Hear the [G] whistle blow, _ _ hear the whistle blow.
_ Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If you [Am] go, _ _ _ _ _ you [G] can't come.
[Am] _
_ _ _ So every night I listen, lie awake and wait.
In my dreams I'm riding on that train.
I feel my pulse a beating with that old man's heat.
And thank [Em] the Lord I'm just a [Am] bum again.
Go bum again, _ go bum again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Hear the [G] whistle blow, _ _ hear _ [A] the whistle blow.
_ Clickety clack, clickety clack, the wheels are staying on the railroad track.
But if you go, you can't come back.
If you go, you can't come back.
If [Am] you go, _ _ _ _ _ [A] you [G] can't [Am] come back.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you. _ _