Hank Williams – Freight Train Blues (Guitar)

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Chords

C
I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack,

                              G7       C
Just a little old shanty by a railroad track,

The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby,

                                      G7     C
and a freight train whistle taught me how to cry.

[Chorus]

C
I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,

                            D7       G7
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes,

    C                                       C7
And when that whistle blows, I've gotta go,

F          C                     A7
Oh! Lordy! guess I'm never gonna lose,

    D7       G7            C
The mean old freight train blues.

C
Now my Pappy was a fireman and my Mammy dear,

                            G7      C
Was the only daughter of an en-gin- eer,

My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke,

                                     G7       C
Now it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke.

[Chorus]

C
I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,

                            D7       G7
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes,

    C                                      C7
And when the whistle blows, I've gotta go,

F          C                     A7
Oh! Lordy! guess I'm never gonna lose,

    D7       G7            C
The mean old freight train blues.