Freight Train

Freight train, freight train runs so fast
Freight train, freight train runs so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know what route I'm gone

When I die lord bury me deep,
Way down on old Chestnut street
So I can hear old number nine
As she comes rolling by

Freight train, freight train runs so fast
Freight train, freight train runs so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know what route I'm gone

When I am dead and in my grave
No more good times ere I crave
Put a stone at my head and feet
And tell them all that I'm gone to sleep

Freight train, freight train runs so fast
Freight train, freight train runs so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know what route I'm gone

Guitar chords for Freight Train

C                            G
Freight train, freight train runs so fast
                             C
Freight train, freight train runs so fast
E7                     F 
Please don’t tell what train I’m on
              C         G         C
So they won’t know what route I’m gone

One of the most famous folk songs of all time, written by Elizabeth (Libby) Cotten.

She said she wrote it after listening to the freight trains passing her bedroom window. Many other versions exist.