{"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":2295847,"song":"Freight Train Blues","artist":"Hank Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2295847-freight-train-blues-chords-by-hank-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2295847?type=chord","rating":4.79759,"votes":15,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust a little old shanty by a railroad track,[/tab]\r\nThe hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby,\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand a freight train whistle taught me how to cry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nGot 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd when that whistle blows, I've gotta go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOh! Lordy! guess I'm never gonna lose,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe mean old freight train blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow my Pappy was a fireman and my Mammy dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas the only daughter of an en-gin- eer,[/tab]\r\nMy sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke,\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nGot 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd when the whistle blows, I've gotta go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOh! Lordy! guess I'm never gonna lose,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe mean old freight train blues.[/tab]","plain_text":"The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby,\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke,\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G7","D7","C7","F","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}