{"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":66619,"song":"Freight Train Blues","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/66619-freight-train-blues-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/66619?type=chord","rating":4.70682,"votes":28,"content":"Freight Train Blues\r\nBy Bob Dylan\r\nChorded by Russ Stone\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n|:[ch]C[/ch] . . . |. . [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] :|\r\n|[ch]C[/ch] . . . |. . . . [ch]D[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch] . . . |\r\n|[ch]C[/ch] . . . |[ch]F[/ch] . . . |[ch]C[/ch] . . [ch]G[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was born in Dixie in a boomer shack[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust a little shanty by the railroad track[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nFreight train was it taught me how to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhummin' of the driver was my lullaby[/tab]\r\n\r\nI got the freight train blues\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when the whistle blows I gotta go baby, don't you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nWell, my daddy was a fireman and my old ma here,\r\nShe was the only daugther of an engineer\r\nMy sweetheart loved a brakeman and it ain't no joke\r\nIt's a shamethe way she keeps a good man broke\r\nI got the freight train blues\r\nOh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes\r\nAnd when the whistle blows I gotta go oh mama, don't you know\r\nWell, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.\r\n\r\nWell, the only thing that makes me laugh again\r\nIs a southbound whistle on a southbound train\r\nEvery place I wanna go\r\nI never can go, because you know\r\nI got the freight train blues\r\nOh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.\r\n\r\n[finish off with harp]","plain_text":"Freight Train Blues\nBy Bob Dylan\nChorded by Russ Stone\n\nIntro:\n|:C . . . |. . G C :|\n|C . . . |. . . . D |G . . . |\n|C . . . |F . . . |C . . G |C\n\n\n\n\n\nI got the freight train blues\n\n\n\n\n\nWell, my daddy was a fireman and my old ma here,\nShe was the only daugther of an engineer\nMy sweetheart loved a brakeman and it ain't no joke\nIt's a shamethe way she keeps a good man broke\nI got the freight train blues\nOh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes\nAnd when the whistle blows I gotta go oh mama, don't you know\nWell, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.\n\nWell, the only thing that makes me laugh again\nIs a southbound whistle on a southbound train\nEvery place I wanna go\nI never can go, because you know\nI got the freight train blues\nOh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.\n\n[finish off with harp]","chords":["C","G","D","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}