Chords for Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (Rare Live Performance)

Tempo:
137.3 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

D

Eb

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (Rare Live Performance) chords
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[F] [Bb]
I'm going to play Freight [C] Train, [F] and I'm going to play it in the style of [Bb] cotton picking style.
That's [D] with two fingers, this finger and that one, and my thumb.
That's two fingers, see.
[F] And when you play with three, [Bb] it's ragtime style, but I'm going to play this in cotton picking style.
[F]
[Bb] [F]
[C]
[Bb]
[D] [Eb]
[Bb]
[Bb]
Freight [F] train, freight train, we're on the subway.
Freight train, freight train, we're on the subway.
[Bb]
[D] Please don't tell [Eb] what train I'm on, they [F] won't know what route [Bb] I'm on.
[F] When I'm dead and in my grave, no [Bb] more good time here I crave.
[D] Place a stone at [Eb] my head and [F] tell them all that I'm going to [Bb] sleep.
[D] [Eb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] Freight train, freight train, run so fast.
Freight train, freight train, run so fast.
[D] Please don't tell [Eb] what train I'm on, [F] they won't [Bb] know what [F] route [Bb] I'm on.
When I die, Lord, [F] bury me deep, way [Bb] down on Old Chelsea Street.
[D]
I can hear [Eb] old numb, her [F] nod as she comes [G] rolling by.
[Bb] [D] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb] [D]
[Eb]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[D]
[Eb] [Bb]
[G] [Bb]
Key:  
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
D
1321
Eb
12341116
C
3211
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
D
1321
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Learn the basic chords of Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train chords, with this master sequence: Eb, Bb, F, Bb, D, Eb and F. A good strategy is to initiate at 51 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 103 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of Gb Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb]
I'm going to play Freight [C] Train, [F] and I'm going to play it in the style of [Bb] cotton picking style.
That's [D] with two fingers, _ _ _ this finger and that one, and my thumb.
That's two fingers, see.
_ _ [F] _ And when you play with three, [Bb] it's ragtime style, but I'm going to play this in cotton picking style.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Freight [F] train, freight train, we're on the subway.
_ _ Freight train, freight train, we're on the subway.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Please don't tell [Eb] what train I'm on, they [F] won't know what route [Bb] I'm on.
_ _ [F] _ When I'm dead and in my _ grave, no [Bb] more good time here I crave.
_ [D] _ Place a stone at [Eb] my head and [F] tell them all that I'm going to [Bb] _ sleep. _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Freight train, freight train, run so fast.
_ Freight train, freight train, run so _ fast.
[D] _ Please don't tell [Eb] what train I'm on, [F] they won't [Bb] know what [F] route [Bb] I'm on. _ _
_ _ When I die, Lord, [F] bury me deep, _ way [Bb] down on Old Chelsea Street.
_ [D] _
I can hear [Eb] old numb, her [F] nod as she comes _ [G] rolling by.
[Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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