{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1910277,"song":"Freight Train","artist":"Fred Eaglesmith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11429436-freight-train-chords-by-fred-eaglesmith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1910277?type=chord","rating":4.78962,"votes":33,"content":"[Intro] \r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWell I just came down the Chippewa, I had a station wagon and hundred dollars, [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI was thinkin' 'bout the girl I'd lost the year before. [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI hadn't seen her for some time, I thought that I might go on by, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nWhen your memory came floodin' in and closed that door. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door. [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAnd you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started. [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch] \r\nWish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train. [/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEvery time I talk to you, I hear your jealous lies, [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway siding.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch] \r\nAnd every time I hear your voice, my water just gets cold, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                            [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door. [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAnd you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started. [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch] \r\nWish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEvery time I fell behind and I could not get ahead, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wish someone would pull a lever and give me a little sand. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every time I slipped behind, hey, even further back, [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my track. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                            [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door. [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAnd you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started. [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]               Fade.....\r\nWish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train. [/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro] \nAm F G Am\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm F G Am x2\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","F","G","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}