Freight train blues	written by john lair 1935. recorded by roy acuff's

Crazy tennesseans 1936"dynamite" hatcher vocalacuff mimics the train

Whistle.



This is hank williams 1939-40 version on the 10 cd box set from mercury.



(c) I was born in dixie in a boomer's shack

Just a little old shanty by a (g7) railroad (c) track

The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby

And a freight train whistle taught me (g7) how to (c) cry.



Chorus:

(c) I've got the freight train blueslordylordylordy

Got 'em in the bottom of my (d7) ramblin' (g7) shoes

And (c) when that whistle blowsI've gotta go(c7)

(f) oh! lordy! (c) guess I'm never gonna (a7) lose

The (d7) mean old (g7) freight train (c) blues.



(c) now my pappy was a fireman and my mammy dear

Was the only daughter of an (g7) en-gin- (c) eer

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

Now it's a shame the way she keeps a (g7) good man (c) broke.



Chorus: (one word changedthat whistletothe whistle.)

(c) I've got the freight train blueslordylordylordy

Got 'em in the bottom of my (d7) ramblin' (g7) shoes

And(c) when the whistle blowsI've gotta go(c7)

(f) oh! lordy! (c) guess I'm never gonna (a7) lose

The (d7) mean old (g7) freight train (c) blues.