C
I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack,
G7 C
Just a little old shanty by a railroad track,
The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby,
G7 C
and a freight train whistle taught me how to cry.
[Chorus]
C
I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
D7 G7
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes,
C C7
And when that whistle blows, I've gotta go,
F C A7
Oh! Lordy! guess I'm never gonna lose,
D7 G7 C
The mean old freight train blues.
C
Now my Pappy was a fireman and my Mammy dear,
G7 C
Was the only daughter of an en-gin- eer,
My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke,
G7 C
Now it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke.
[Chorus]
C
I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
D7 G7
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes,
C C7
And when the whistle blows, I've gotta go,
F C A7
Oh! Lordy! guess I'm never gonna lose,
D7 G7 C
The mean old freight train blues.