Chords for Freight Train -- Stefan Grossman and Christian Marsh at the Stock Camp, National Folk Festival 2012

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Freight Train -- Stefan Grossman and Christian Marsh at the Stock Camp, National Folk Festival 2012 chords
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play something he really doesn't know completely.
Right, right.
Right, John.
Oh, did you know the words?
No, I didn't.
[F#] Please don't let him.
[F#] Oh, well, next maybe.
What's really amazing, you [E] can play concerts all over the world, and you try your best
to do the best picking you can, the most [F] interesting arrangements you can, [E] and then the end of
the evening comes and [E] you're supposed to do an encore, and they yell out, [D] freight train.
[B]
All right.
[C] [D#] Now, you know that this was written [E] by Elizabeth Cotton, and Elizabeth Cotton, this is a very interesting story.
Pete [D] Seeger's mom was out in Washington, D.C.,. that's where they [E] lived, and she was looking for, just actually shopping, [A] and she met this black woman, and [E] they started talking, and this woman needed a job, so she said to her, why don't you come to our house and you can be our person, our cleaner, and that was Elizabeth Cotton, and no one knew she played guitar, [C#] and Penny and [D] Mike and Peggy, they were growing up, Pete had already left the house, and one day Mike Seeger came home [F#] early, and he heard some music, [E] and he walked into the living room, and there was Elizabeth Cotton, took down the guitar from the wall, and was playing, and she played like Jimi Hendrix, [Dm] or Jimi Hendrix played like [F#] her, in this fashion. [E] Now your guitar pick is, so instead of using [D] a thumb to play a bass, the thumb played the melody, [G#] and her index middle finger played the boom chick on the [E] bass, weird? And of course in America, in about the late 50s and 60s, everyone would say, can you cotton [C] pick? Who can [Em] cotton pick? [D] Only Elizabeth Cotton can cotton pick. And here's [C] the tune. [G]
The freight train's [Em] coming through town. [E] [F] [G]
[C] Alright, let's get some speed. [Em] [E]
[F] [D] Let's see, can you sing it? [C] [G] Freight train, [C] freight [G] train. Going so fast. Freight train, freight [C] train. And what [Em] happens? [E] Please don't tell [F] Miss Train. My mom. [C] [G] [C] Alright. [D] [C] [G] [C]
[Em] [E] [F]
[C] We need to hear some [G] train whistling. [C] [G]
That train's going [D] fast. [C] [E] [F]
[C] [G] [C] Let's hear it again, that one jazzy train. [G] Yeah. [D] [C] [Em] [E] [F]
[C] [G] All [C] together now. [E] Freight [C] train, freight [G] train. Going so fast. Louder. Freight train, freight [C] train. Going so fast. [F#] Please don't tell [F] Miss Train. [Dm] My mom. [G] Alright, let's hear [C] that train one more time. That was too delicious. [G] [C]
[E] [F]
[C] Now let's hear how John Coltrane would play it. Come on, John. [G] Hey, Coltrane. [Gm] Yeah. [C] [E] [F]
[C] [G] [C]
Let's see, [G] who else can we make him play like? Thelonious Punk. Thelonious Punk, [C] well that'd be very dangerous. [E] Alright, Thelonious. [F] I'll keep it straight, let's see what Thelonious [C] does. [G] [E] Here we go. [G] [C]
[F]
[C] [G] [C]
Yeah. Freight train, freight train. [G] Going so fast. Come on. Freight train, freight [C] train. Going so fast. And what's going to [Em] happen? Please [E] don't tell [F] Miss Train. Really? [C] [G] Now let's do [C] Miles Davis. [G] [C]
[Em] [F]
[C]
And now, Judy Bellman. [G] [C]
[Em] [E] [F]
[C]
Last time now. [A] [G] Freight train, freight train. Going so fast. What? Freight train, freight [C] train. Come on, don't [Em] tell anyone. [E] Don't [F] tell Miss Train. Come [C] on. [G] [C] [Am] [N]
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play something he really doesn't know completely.
Right, right. _
Right, John.
Oh, did you know the words?
_ No, I didn't. _
[F#] Please don't let him.
[F#] Oh, well, next maybe.
What's really amazing, you [E] can play concerts all over the world, and you try your best
to do the best picking you can, the most [F] interesting arrangements you can, [E] and then the end of
the evening comes and [E] you're supposed to do an encore, and they yell out, [D] freight train.
[B]
All right.
_ [C] _ [D#] Now, you know that this was written [E] by Elizabeth Cotton, and Elizabeth Cotton, this is a very interesting story. _
_ Pete [D] Seeger's mom was out in Washington, D.C.,. that's where they [E] lived, and she was looking for, just actually shopping, [A] and she met this black woman, and [E] they started talking, and this woman needed a job, so she said to her, why don't you come to our house and you can be our person, our cleaner, and that was Elizabeth Cotton, and no one knew she played guitar, [C#] and Penny and [D] Mike and Peggy, they were growing up, Pete had already left the house, and one day Mike Seeger came home [F#] early, and he heard some music, [E] and he walked into the living room, and there was Elizabeth Cotton, took down the guitar from the wall, and was playing, and she played like Jimi Hendrix, [Dm] or Jimi Hendrix played like [F#] her, in this fashion. [E] Now your guitar pick is, so instead of using [D] a thumb to play a bass, the thumb played the melody, [G#] and her index middle finger played the boom chick on the [E] bass, weird? And of course in America, in about the late 50s and 60s, everyone would say, can you cotton [C] pick? _ Who can [Em] cotton pick? [D] Only Elizabeth Cotton can cotton pick. And here's [C] the tune. _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The freight train's [Em] coming through town. [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] Alright, let's get some speed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] Let's see, can you sing it? [C] _ _ _ [G] Freight train, [C] freight [G] train. Going so fast. Freight train, freight [C] train. And what [Em] happens? [E] Please don't tell [F] Miss Train. My mom. [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Alright. _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] We need to hear some [G] train whistling. [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ That train's going [D] fast. _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] Let's hear it again, that one jazzy train. _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Yeah. _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] All [C] together now. _ [E] _ Freight [C] train, freight [G] train. Going so fast. Louder. Freight train, freight [C] train. Going so fast. _ [F#] Please don't tell [F] Miss Train. [Dm] My mom. [G] _ Alright, let's hear [C] that train one more time. That was too delicious. _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Now let's hear how John Coltrane would play it. Come on, John. _ _ _ _ [G] _ Hey, Coltrane. [Gm] Yeah. _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ Let's see, [G] who else can we make him play like? _ Thelonious Punk. Thelonious Punk, [C] well that'd be very dangerous. [E] Alright, Thelonious. [F] I'll keep it straight, let's see what Thelonious [C] does. _ [G] _ [E] Here we go. _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C]
Yeah. _ _ Freight train, freight train. [G] Going so fast. Come on. Freight train, freight [C] train. Going so fast. And what's going to [Em] happen? Please [E] don't tell [F] Miss Train. Really? _ _ _ [C] _ [G] Now let's do [C] Miles Davis. _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
And now, Judy Bellman. _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Last time now. [A] _ [G] Freight train, freight train. Going so fast. What? Freight train, freight [C] train. Come on, don't [Em] tell anyone. [E] Don't [F] tell Miss Train. Come [C] on. _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _

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