Biography:
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter.
A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. Her approach involved using a right-handed guitar (usually in standard tuning), not re-strung for left-handed playing, essentially, holding a right-handed guitar upside down. This position required her to play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb.
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Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: standard
C G G7
Freight train Freight train run so fast
Dm G C
Freight train Freight train run so fast
E7 *F G F
Please don't tell what train I'm on
C G C
They won't know what route I've gone
C G G7
When I am dead and in my grave
Dm G C
No more good times here I crave
E7 *F G F
Place the stones at my head and feet
C G C
Tell them all that I've gone to sleep.
C G G7
When I die Lord bury me deep
Dm G C
Way down on old Chestnut street
E7 *F G F
Then I can hear old Number 9
C G C
As she comes rolling by.
(Chords)
C G G7 Dm E7 *F F
e|---0---|---3---|---1---|---1---|---0---|-------|---1---|
B|---1---|---0---|---0---|---3---|---0---|---1---|---1---|
G|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---1---|---2---|---2---|
D|---2---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---3---|---3---|
A|---3---|---2---|---2---|-------|---2---|---0---|---3---|
E|---3---|---3---|---3---|-------|---0---|-------|---1---|
Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: standard
C G G7
Freight train Freight train run so fast
Dm G C
Freight train Freight train run so fast
E7 *F G F
Please don't tell what train I'm on
C G C
They won't know what route I've gone
C G G7
When I am dead and in my grave
Dm G C
No more good times here I crave
E7 *F G F
Place the stones at my head and feet
C G C
Tell them all that I've gone to sleep.
C G G7
When I die Lord bury me deep
Dm G C
Way down on old Chestnut street
E7 *F G F
Then I can hear old Number 9
C G C
As she comes rolling by.
(Chords)
C G G7 Dm E7 *F F
e|---0---|---3---|---1---|---1---|---0---|-------|---1---|
B|---1---|---0---|---0---|---3---|---0---|---1---|---1---|
G|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---1---|---2---|---2---|
D|---2---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---3---|---3---|
A|---3---|---2---|---2---|-------|---2---|---0---|---3---|
E|---3---|---3---|---3---|-------|---0---|-------|---1---|
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