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Freight Train Blues
By Bob Dylan
Chorded by Russ Stone
Intro:
|: C. . . |. .  G   C:|
| C. . . |. . . .  D| G. . . |
| C. . . | F. . . | C. .  G|C  
CI was born in Dixie in a boomer shack
Just a little shanty by the Grailroad Ctrack
CFreight train was it taught me how to cry
hummin' of the driver was my GlullaCby
I got the freight train blues
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my Drambling Gshoes
And when the Cwhistle blows I gotta go Fbaby, don't you know
Well, it Clooks like I'm never gonna Glose the freight train Cblues.
Well, my daddy was a fireman and my old ma here,
She was the only daugther of an engineer
My sweetheart loved a brakeman and it ain't no joke
It's a shamethe way she keeps a good man broke
I got the freight train blues
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes
And when the whistle blows I gotta go oh mama, don't you know
Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.
Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again
Is a southbound whistle on a southbound train
Every place I wanna go
I never can go, because you know
I got the freight train blues
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.
[finish off with harp]

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Freight Train Blues

by Bob Dylan

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Freight Train Blues

By Bob Dylan

Chorded by Russ Stone

Intro:

C G C

|: . . . |. . :|

C D G

| . . . |. . . . | . . . |

C F C G C

| . . . | . . . | . . |

I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack

G C

Just a little shanty by the railroad track

Freight train was it taught me how to cry

G C

hummin' of the driver was my lullaby

I got the freight train blues

D G

Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes

C F

And when the whistle blows I gotta go baby, don't you know

C G C

Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.

Well, my daddy was a fireman and my old ma here,

She was the only daugther of an engineer

My sweetheart loved a brakeman and it ain't no joke

It's a shamethe way she keeps a good man broke

I got the freight train blues

Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes

And when the whistle blows I gotta go oh mama, don't you know

Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.

Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again

Is a southbound whistle on a southbound train

Every place I wanna go

I never can go, because you know

I got the freight train blues

Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.

[finish off with harp]

About Freight Train Blues Chords by Bob Dylan

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