E
Well that judge he found me guilty of wrong doing
       A                           E
And he sentenced me to hang in mid-July
   E                                              C#7
He looked down at me and said your life’s a ruin
F#                                     B7
If I were you I'd break right down and cry
      E
But nobody seems to care that I ain't guilty
  A                                   E
I never did the things they said I've done
      E                                    C#7
But I guess they're gonna have to hang somebody
         F#              B7           E
And it's lookin like I'm gonna be the one


Chorus:
   A                      E
So send my body home on a freight train
          A                                E
And don't worry none that I don't go first class
A                      E              C#7
Send my body home on a freight train
   F#                         B7
So everyone can see me when I pass
          A                         E
And don't worry none about no fancy funeral
      A                               E
Cause it don’t matter how they lay me down
     A                       E            C#7
Just see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
    F#           B7              E
And send my body back to my home town


E
Well, my mama was one damn hard workin woman
        A                                E
And she tried to raise us kids without a paw
                                                  C#7
The last thing that she said she was on her dying bed
    F#                                B7
Was son don't get in trouble with the law
  E
Whenever my time comes to meet my maker
   A                           E 
I'm going to try to do my very best
                                          C#7
I'm going try to stand and take it like a man
F#               B7           E  
When they ask if I have one request
E
Well I’ll just say

Chorus:
   A                      E
So send my body home on a freight train
          A                                E
And don't worry none that I don't go first class
A                      E              C#7
Send my body home on a freight train
   F#                         B7
So everyone can see me when I pass
          A                         E
And don't worry none about no fancy funeral
      A                               E
Cause it don’t matter how they lay me down
     A                       E            C#7
Just see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
    F#           B7              E
And send my body back to my home town

    A                       E            C#7
Just see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
    F#           B7              E
And send my body back to my home town