Freight Train Blues

Mississippi Fred Mcdowell

tono:

E|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------|-3h4-------0-------------|-3h4-------0--------0----|
A|------0---------0----|-------0------------0----|-------0-----------------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0-------------0---------|-0-------------0---------|

      +       +                 +       +                 +       +                 +       +
E|-----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|
B|-7/9---------------------|-------------------------|-7/9---------------------|-------------------------|
G|-0-----------------------|-1p0---------------------|-0-----------------------|-1p0---------------------|
D|-------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|
A|-0-------------0---------|-------------------------|-0-------------0---------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-0-------------0---------|-------------------------|-0-------------0---------|
                                                                                                         
[VerseA]  (2x)
             +       +                   +       +                   +       +
E|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------0--------|----------3b------3b-------|-0----------------0--------|
G|----------0----------------|---------------------------|----------0----------------|
D|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-0------------0------------|-0------------0------------|-0------------0------------|
I got on that freight train;    tried to beat    my         way.      
I asked the conductor,          let me   ride    it         blind.
Got a letter from Hot Spring. I tell you how     it         read.
Last time I saw here, she was   standing at back door       cryin'.
    
             +                 +       +                        +                 +       +
E|----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|
B|-8b---------------------|-------------------------|-8b---------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-1p0---------------------|------------------------|-1p0---------------------|
D|------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|
A|-0------------0---------|-------------------------|-0------------0---------|-------------------------|
E|------------------------|-0-------------0---------|------------------------|-0-------------0---------|
                                                                                                    
[VerseB]  (2x)
             +       +                   +       +                   +       +
E|-0-------------------------|-2--------3-------2--------|-0-------------------------|
B|------------------2--------|---------------------------|------------------0--------|
G|----------1----------------|------1---------------1----|----------0----------------|
D|------0---------------0----|---------------------------|------0---------------0----|
A|-2------------2------------|-2------------3------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|-0------------0------------|
Lord them rocks and gravel, Lord, flew all in    my         face.
 He said, "No boy, that         train ain't none of         mine."  
Come home at once boy, your     sure-'nough gal  is         dead.
  I never felt so sorry, Lord, as when she said          goodbye.
  
             +                 +       +                        +                 +       +              
E|----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|
B|-8b---------------------|-------------------------|-8b---------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-1p0---------------------|------------------------|-1p0---------------------|
D|------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|
A|-0------------0---------|-------------------------|-0------------0---------|-------------------------|
E|------------------------|-0-------------0---------|------------------------|-0-------------0---------|

[Outro]
             +       +                   +       +
E|-12------------------------|-12------------------------|
B|------------------0--------|------------------0--------|
G|----------0----------------|----------0----------------|
D|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-0------------0------------|-0------------0------------|


************************************      
                                          
| b    Bend
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off  
| /    Slide up