Chords for Pete Seeger - Freight Train
Tempo:
137.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
E
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[C]
an old friend here tonight.
[Ab] Years ago she taught my younger brother and sister a song that she'd
written and she's about 14 years [C] old.
Nobody can play this song the way she can but I'm just one
of the many people who like to [F] try.
[C]
[G]
[C]
[E]
[F]
[C]
[G] [C]
Great train, great train, [G] going so fast.
Great train, great [C] train,
going so fast.
[E] Please don't tell them which [F] train I'm on so [G] they won't know which route [C] I'm on.
When I die [G] just bury me deep down at the foot of [C] old Chestnut Street [E] so I can hear [F] old
[G]
[C]
Great train, great train, [G] going so fast.
Great train, great [C] train, going so fast.
[E] Please don't
tell them [F] which train I'm on so [G] they won't know which route [C] I've gone.
[G]
[G] [Gm]
[G] [C]
[E]
[F]
[C]
[G] [C]
When I am [G] dead and [D]
it's no more good [C] time till I crave, [E] place a tombstone at [F] my head and my feet,
[C] tell my friends that I've gone to sleep.
Great train, great train, [G]
going so fast.
Great train,
great [C] train, going so fast.
[E]
Please don't tell them [F] which train I'm on [C] so they won't know.
[G]
[C]
[E]
[F]
[C]
[G] [C]
Great train, great train, [G] going so fast.
Great train, great train, [C] going so fast.
[E] Please don't
tell them [C] which train [F] I'm on [C] so they won't know which route I'm on.
Great train, great [G]
train, [C] going so fast.
[E] Please don't tell them [F] which train I'm on so [G] they won't
[C]
[G] [Bb]
an old friend here tonight.
[Ab] Years ago she taught my younger brother and sister a song that she'd
written and she's about 14 years [C] old.
Nobody can play this song the way she can but I'm just one
of the many people who like to [F] try.
[C]
[G]
[C]
[E]
[F]
[C]
[G] [C]
Great train, great train, [G] going so fast.
Great train, great [C] train,
going so fast.
[E] Please don't tell them which [F] train I'm on so [G] they won't know which route [C] I'm on.
When I die [G] just bury me deep down at the foot of [C] old Chestnut Street [E] so I can hear [F] old
[G]
[C]
Great train, great train, [G] going so fast.
Great train, great [C] train, going so fast.
[E] Please don't
tell them [F] which train I'm on so [G] they won't know which route [C] I've gone.
[G]
[G] [Gm]
[G] [C]
[E]
[F]
[C]
[G] [C]
When I am [G] dead and [D]
it's no more good [C] time till I crave, [E] place a tombstone at [F] my head and my feet,
[C] tell my friends that I've gone to sleep.
Great train, great train, [G]
going so fast.
Great train,
great [C] train, going so fast.
[E]
Please don't tell them [F] which train I'm on [C] so they won't know.
[G]
[C]
[E]
[F]
[C]
[G] [C]
Great train, great train, [G] going so fast.
Great train, great train, [C] going so fast.
[E] Please don't
tell them [C] which train [F] I'm on [C] so they won't know which route I'm on.
Great train, great [G]
train, [C] going so fast.
[E] Please don't tell them [F] which train I'm on so [G] they won't
[C]
[G] [Bb]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _
an old friend here tonight. _ _
_ [Ab] _ Years ago she taught my younger brother and sister a song that she'd
written and she's about 14 years [C] old. _ _ _ _
Nobody can play this song the way she can but I'm just one
of the many people who like to [F] try. _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Great train, great train, [G] going so fast.
_ _ Great train, great [C] train,
going so fast. _
[E] Please _ don't tell them which [F] train I'm on so [G] they won't know which route [C] I'm _ _ _ _ _ on.
When I die _ [G] just bury me deep _ _ down at the foot of [C] old Chestnut Street _ [E] so I can hear [F] old _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Great train, great train, [G] going so fast. _
Great train, great [C] train, going so fast. _
[E] Please don't
tell them [F] which train I'm on so [G] they won't know which route [C] I've gone. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
When I am _ [G] dead and [D] _ _ _ _ _
it's no more good _ [C] time till I crave, [E] place a _ tombstone at [F] my head and my feet,
[C] tell my friends that I've gone to _ _ sleep. _ _
Great train, great train, [G]
going so fast. _
Great train,
great [C] train, going so fast.
[E]
Please don't tell them [F] which train I'm on [C] so they won't know. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Great _ train, great train, [G] going so fast.
_ Great train, great train, [C] going so fast.
_ [E] Please don't
tell them [C] which train [F] I'm on [C] so they won't know which route _ _ _ _ _ I'm on.
Great train, great _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ train, [C] going so fast.
_ [E] Please don't tell them [F] which train I'm on so [G] they won't
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _
an old friend here tonight. _ _
_ [Ab] _ Years ago she taught my younger brother and sister a song that she'd
written and she's about 14 years [C] old. _ _ _ _
Nobody can play this song the way she can but I'm just one
of the many people who like to [F] try. _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Great train, great train, [G] going so fast.
_ _ Great train, great [C] train,
going so fast. _
[E] Please _ don't tell them which [F] train I'm on so [G] they won't know which route [C] I'm _ _ _ _ _ on.
When I die _ [G] just bury me deep _ _ down at the foot of [C] old Chestnut Street _ [E] so I can hear [F] old _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Great train, great train, [G] going so fast. _
Great train, great [C] train, going so fast. _
[E] Please don't
tell them [F] which train I'm on so [G] they won't know which route [C] I've gone. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
When I am _ [G] dead and [D] _ _ _ _ _
it's no more good _ [C] time till I crave, [E] place a _ tombstone at [F] my head and my feet,
[C] tell my friends that I've gone to _ _ sleep. _ _
Great train, great train, [G]
going so fast. _
Great train,
great [C] train, going so fast.
[E]
Please don't tell them [F] which train I'm on [C] so they won't know. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Great _ train, great train, [G] going so fast.
_ Great train, great train, [C] going so fast.
_ [E] Please don't
tell them [C] which train [F] I'm on [C] so they won't know which route _ _ _ _ _ I'm on.
Great train, great _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ train, [C] going so fast.
_ [E] Please don't tell them [F] which train I'm on so [G] they won't
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _