Freight Train
Written by Elizabeth Cotten 1906-1910?
(C)Freight train, freight train, (G)run so fast
Freight train, freight train, (C)run so fast
(E)Please don't tell what (F)train I'm on
They (C)won’t know what (G)route I'm (C)gone
When I am dead and (G)in my grave
No more good time (C)here I crave
(E)Place the stones at my (F)head and feet
Tell them (C)all that I'm (G)gone to (C)sleep
(C)Freight train, freight train, (G)run so fast
Freight train, freight train, (C)run so fast
(E)Please don't tell what (F)train I'm on
They (C)won’t know what (G)route I'm (C)gone
(C)When I die, Lord, (G)bury me deep
Way down on ol' (C)Chestnut Street
(E)Then I can hear old (F)number nine
As (C)she come (G)rolling (C)by
(C)Freight train, freight train, (G)run so fast
Freight train, freight train, (C)run so fast
(E)Please don't tell what (F)train I'm on
They (C)won’t know what (G)route I'm (C)gone