Freight Train Chords by The Chas Mcdevitt Skiffle Group

Tempo:
127.1 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

E

F

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am]
Freight train, freight [G] train, going so fast.
Freight train, freight [C] train, going so fast.
[E] I don't [G] know what train he's on, [C] won't you tell [Em] me [C] where he's gone.
[E] [F]
[C] [G] [C]
I don't know where [G] he's heading for, what he's done [C] against the law.
[E] Got no [F] future, got no hope, [C] just [G] nothing but [C] the road.
[E] [F]
[C] [G] [C]
[Am] Freight train, freight train, [G] going so fast.
Freight train, freight train, [C] going so fast.
[E] I don't know [Dm] what train he's on, [C] won't you tell [G] me where [Em] he's gone.
[E] [F]
[C] [G] [C]
He lost his reason, [G] lost his life.
He killed his friend in Martha's Rife.
[E] He must be moved like [F] the rolling skies, just [C] a [G]-waitin' till [C] he dies.
[E] [F]
[G] [C] ooooooooooooooooooooh
Freight train, freight train, [G] goin' so fast
I [C]
[E] don't know [F] what train he's on, won't [C] you tell [Em] me where [C] he's gone
[E] [F]
[C] [G] [C]
When he dies [G] just bury him please, Way down the end of [C] old Chestnut Street.
[E] Hoppers at [F] his head and feet, [C] And tell [G] them he's gone [C] to [E] sleep.
[F]
[C] Shooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Fake train,
Fake train,
[G] going so fast.
Fake train,
Fake [C] train,
going so fast.
[E] I don't [F] know what train he's on.
[C] will you tell [G] me [C] where he's gone
[E] [C]
oooooooooooooooooooooooo
[G] [C]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
E
2311
F
134211111
Em
121
C
3211
G
2131
E
2311
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To learn The Chas Mcdevitt Skiffle Group - Freight Train chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - E, F, C, G, C and E in sequence. Kick off your practice at a gentle 63 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 127 BPM. With the song's key of C Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ Freight train, freight [G] train, going so fast.
Freight train, freight [C] train, going so fast.
_ [E] I don't [G] know what train he's on, [C] won't you tell [Em] me [C] where he's gone.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
I don't know where [G] he's heading for, what he's done [C] against the law.
[E] Got no [F] future, got no hope, [C] just [G] nothing but [C] the road.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] Freight train, freight train, [G] going so fast.
Freight train, freight train, [C] going so fast.
[E] I don't know [Dm] what train he's on, [C] won't you tell [G] me where [Em] he's gone.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
He lost his reason, [G] lost his life.
He killed his friend in Martha's Rife.
_ [E] He must be moved like [F] the rolling skies, just [C] a [G]-waitin' till [C] he dies.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] ooooooooooooooooooooh _
_ _ Freight train, freight train, [G] goin' so fast
_ I _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ don't know [F] what train he's on, won't [C] you tell [Em] me where [C] he's gone
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ When he dies [G] just bury him please, Way down the end of [C] old Chestnut Street.
[E] _ Hoppers at [F] his head and feet, [C] And tell [G] them he's gone [C] to _ _ [E] sleep.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Shooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo _ _
_ _ Fake train,
Fake train,
[G] going so fast.
Fake train,
Fake [C] train,
going so fast.
[E] _ I don't [F] know what train he's on.
[C] will you tell [G] me [C] where he's gone_
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ oooooooooooooooooooooooo
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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