Freight Train Blues Written by John Lair 1935. Recorded by Roy Acuff's
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Crazy Tennesseans 1936, "Dynamite" Hatcher vocal, Acuff mimics the train
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whistle.
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This is Hank Williams 1939-40 version on the 10 CD box set from Mercury.
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(C) I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack,
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Just a little old shanty by a (G7) railroad (C) track,
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The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby,
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and a freight train whistle taught me (G7) how to (C) cry.
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Chorus:
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(C) I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
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Got 'em in the bottom of my (D7) ramblin' (G7) shoes,
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And (C) when that whistle blows, I've gotta go, (C7)
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(F) Oh! Lordy! (C) guess I'm never gonna (A7) lose,
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The (D7) mean old (G7) freight train (C) blues.
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(C) Now my Pappy was a fireman and my Mammy dear,
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Was the only daughter of an (G7) en-gin- (C) eer,
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My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke,
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Now it's a shame the way she keeps a (G7) good man (C) broke.
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Chorus: (one word changed, that whistle, to, the whistle.)
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(C) I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
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Got 'em in the bottom of my (D7) ramblin' (G7) shoes,
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And(C) when the whistle blows, I've gotta go, (C7)
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(F) Oh! Lordy! (C) guess I'm never gonna (A7) lose,
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The (D7) mean old (G7) freight train (C) blues.
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HANK WILLIAMS VERSION OF FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES
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| Hank Williams |
