Freigh Train

Written by Elizabeth Cotten

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Chorus

        C              G7
Freight train, freight train, going so fast
        C              G7
Freight train, freight train, going so fast
Please don’t tell what train I’m on
So they won’t know where I’ve gone

Verse 1

When I am dead and in my grave
No more good times here I’ll crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
    F    C        G7       C
And tell them all that I’m gone to sleep

Verse 2

When I die, lord, bury me deep
    G7          C
Way down on old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old Number Nine
As she comes rolling by