Chords for Lightnin' Hopkins-Freight Train Blues

Tempo:
95.3 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Abm

Db

B

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lightnin' Hopkins-Freight Train Blues chords
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[Ab] Show me when he cut his throat, boss man,
because I'm gonna kill him dead.
He hadn't have been a ho boy, I wouldn't have done nothing.
[B] When I [Abm] first started, ho boy, boy, [Ab] boy, boy,
I take the freight train to meet my friend.
Ho, love.
[Abm]
[Ab] My little baby, I wonder why she do.
My baby fond of me.
She [Abm] find me one morning.
one morning to the train.
Oh Lord.
[Ab] Oh if I don't see you, see you tomorrow, [Abm] tomorrow.
You know it will be my end.
Oh Lord.
[Db]
[Ab] [Ab] [Abm] Yes.
You [Ab] know I was standing at [B] the station when that big train turned around and left.
[Eb] My baby was leaving on that train.
[Db] [Ab] I said I may not see him God knows when.
Then I had to [Abm] holler.
Yeah.
[Ab] My [Abm] baby gone, my baby's gone, my baby's gone.
[Ab] I'm too near to try no more.
Oh Lord.
[Abm]
[Ab] [Abm]
[Ab] [Eb] Oh Lord that sweet little woman I've had.
[Db] [Ab] Woman in my life before.
[Abm] Said just [Ab] a minute, just get it out of me.
[Abm]
[Ab]
Stop kidding.
Key:  
Ab
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Abm
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Db
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B
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Eb
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Ab
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Abm
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Db
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Let's start jamming Lightnin Hopkins - Freight Train chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - B, Abm, Ab and Abm in sequence. Set your pace at 82 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 165. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: Ab Minor.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ Show me when he cut his throat, boss man,
because I'm gonna kill him dead.
He hadn't have been a ho boy, I wouldn't have done nothing.
_ [B] When I _ [Abm] first started, ho boy, boy, [Ab] boy, boy,
_ _ I take the freight train to meet my friend.
Ho, love. _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ My little baby, I wonder why she do.
_ _ _ _ My baby fond of me.
She [Abm] find me one morning.
one morning to _ _ the train. _
Oh Lord. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Oh if I don't see you, see you tomorrow, [Abm] tomorrow. _ _ _
_ You know it will be my _ end.
Oh Lord.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Ab] _ [Abm] _ _ Yes.
You [Ab] know I was standing at [B] the station when that big train turned around and left.
_ [Eb] My baby was leaving on that train.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] I said I may not see him God knows when.
Then I had to [Abm] holler.
_ _ Yeah.
[Ab] My _ _ _ _ [Abm] baby gone, my baby's gone, my baby's gone.
[Ab] _ _ I'm too near to try no more.
Oh Lord. _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Oh Lord that sweet little woman I've had.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ Woman in my life before.
[Abm] _ _ Said just [Ab] a minute, just get it out of me.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Stop kidding. _

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