Misc Unsigned Bands — Chas Mcdevitt Skiffle Group — Freight Train

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Freight Train - Chas. McDevitt Skiffle Group
Featured Nancy Whiskey on vocal


Label: Oriole 
Composers: James, Williams
Based on the Elizabeth Cotton version.
Reached #5 in 1957 in the UK, and #40 in the US, one of the hits
in the UK skiffle boom - Washboard percussion, tea-chest broomstick bass
and banjo/guitar. First band for a lot of us oldies. 
Don't forget to whistle.

Intro:

C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6

C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6

Chorus:
C                            G7
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
G7                           C
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
E7                  F
  I don't know what train he's on
F         C       G7         C
Won't you tell me where he's gone
E7                   F     
 OOOO OOO  OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F    C         G7       C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO

#1:
C                     G7
Don't know where he's headin for
G7               C
What he's done against the law
E7              F
 Got no future, got no hope
F    C      G7      C
Just nothin but the rope
E7                   F     
 OOOO OOO  OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F    C         G7       C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO

Chorus:
C                            G7
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
G7                           C            
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
E7                  F
  I don't know what train he's on
F         C       G7         C
Won't you tell me where he's gone
E7                   F     
 OOOO OOO  OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F    C         G7       C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO

#2:
C                  G7
He lost his reason, lost his life
G7                      C
He killed his friend in mortal strife
E7                  F
 He must have moved like the rollin' skies
F      C      G7     C
Just a-waitin til he dies

E7                   F     
 OOOO OOO  OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F    C         G7       C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO

Chorus:
C                            G7
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
G7                           C            
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
E7                  F
  I don't know what train he's on
F         C       G7         C
Won't you tell me where he's gone
E7                   F     
 OOOO OOO  OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F    C         G7       C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO

#3:
C                  G7 
When he dies, just bury him please
G7                     C 
Way down the end of old Chestnut Street
E7              F
 Poplars at his head and feet
F         C        G7      C
And tell them he's gone to sleep

E7                   F     
 OOOO OOO  OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F    C         G7       C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO

Chorus:
C                            G7
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
G7                           C            
Freight train, freight train, goin so fast
E7                  F
  I don't know what train he's on
F         C       G7         C
Won't you tell me where he's gone
E7                   F     
 OOOO OOO  OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO
F    C         G7       C
OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO

 C C6 
 repeat and fade 		
    

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