Freight Train

Canadian Sweethearts

Written by Elizabeth Cotten

Key of C · Chords: I III IV V

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Verse 1

C                           G7
Freight train freight train going so fast
                            C
Freight train freight train going so fast
        E7        F
I don't care what train I'm on
   C                G7      C
As long as it keeps rolling on

Verse 2

                     G7
Don't know where I'm headed for
                    C
Makes no difference anymore
        E7        F
I don't care what train I'm on
   C                G7      C
As long as it keeps rolling on

Verse 1

C                           G7
Freight train freight train going so fast
                            C
Freight train freight train going so fast
        E7        F
I don't care what train I'm on
   C                G7      C
As long as it keeps rolling on

Verse 3

                 G7
Now when my baby left my side
                 C
Something deep inside me died
E7           F
Gotta keep a-moving on
   C         G7     C
No memory of her is gone

Verse 1

C                           G7
Freight train freight train going so fast
                            C
Freight train freight train going so fast
        E7        F
I don't care what train I'm on
   C                G7      C
As long as it keeps rolling on

Verse 4

        E7        F
I don't care what train I'm on
   C                G7      C
As long as it keeps rolling on