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
Start Jamming...
[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]
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
F
D
Eb
C
Bb
F
D
_ _ _ _ _ [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] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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] _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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