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
Jam Along & Learn...
I guess by now you know we've all come here to sing.
song from a couple of Russian scientists who came to
[D] [B] Back in the Depression days, of course, the 1930s, a number of [N] men took to riding the rails.
Kind of like dandruff on an old suit coat, you know.
[Ab] it bad, [E] in a wanderlust.
As I lie awake and listen, I listen for the train.
and the clatter of that old fast freight [G] keeps a-making music [Am] in my ear.
[A]
song from a couple of Russian scientists who came to
[D] [B] Back in the Depression days, of course, the 1930s, a number of [N] men took to riding the rails.
Kind of like dandruff on an old suit coat, you know.
[Ab] it bad, [E] in a wanderlust.
As I lie awake and listen, I listen for the train.
and the clatter of that old fast freight [G] keeps a-making music [Am] in my ear.
[A]
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Am
A
G
B
C
Am
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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. _ _
