Em                                   C
I just came down from Chippewa, had as station wagon and a hundred dollars
D                                  Em
Thinkin' about the girl I'd lost a year before
                                         C
I hadn't seen her for some time, thought I might go on by
          D                               Em
When your memory came floodin' in and you closed that door


[Chorus]
              Em                                C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it was a diesel locomotive
         D                         Em
I'd come whistlin' down your track crashin' in your door
                                                 C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it didn't have a heart
           D                   Em
You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
                                                C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it was a freight train baby
              D               Em
Wish it was a freight train


[Verse 2]
     Em                         C
Well every time I talk to you I hear your jealous lines
  D                                     Em
I feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway side
                                    C
And every time I hear your voice my water just gets cold
   D                            Em
My stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil.


[Chorus]
              Em                                C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it was a diesel locomotive
         D                         Em
I'd come whistlin' down your track crashin' in your door
                                                 C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it didn't have a heart
           D                   Em
You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
                                                C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it was a freight train baby
              D               Em
Wish it was a freight train


[Instrumental]

| Em  | Em  | C   | C   | D   | D   | Em  | Em  |
| Em  | Em  | C   | C   | D   | D   | Em  | Em  | Em  | Em


[Verse 3]
     Em                         C
Well every time I fell behind I could not get ahead
  D                                     Em
I wish someone would pull the lever and give me a little sand
                             C
And every time I slip behind even further back
  D                                          Em
I wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my track


[Chorus]
              Em                                C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it was a diesel locomotive
         D                         Em
I'd come whistlin' down your track crashin' in your door
                                                 C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it didn't have a heart
           D                   Em
You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
                                                C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it was a freight train baby
              D               Em
Wish it was a freight train


[Instrumental]

| Em  | Em  | C   | C   | D   | D   | Em  | Em  | x4


[Chorus]
              Em                                C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it was a diesel locomotive
         D                         Em
I'd come whistlin' down your track crashin' in your door
                                                 C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it didn't have a heart
           D                   Em
You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
                                                C
Wish it was a freight train baby, wish it was a freight train baby
              D               Em
Wish it was a freight train