Elizabeth Cotten - Freight train

FREIGHT TRAIN - ELIZABETH COTTON Tabbed by: Sam Gallagher Tuning: Standard, or tuned down a few steps Style: Acoustic blues [Variation] This first version is from a recording of Ms. Cotten, transcribed for standard tuning. e|-3-----------0-----------|-------------------------|-------------3-----1-----|-------------------------| B|-------------------------|-3-----------1-----------|-0-----------------------|---------------0---------| G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------0-----------0--| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------3-----------| e|----3-----------1--------|----0--------------------|-------------3-----0-----|-------------------------| B|-------------------------|----------------3--------|-1-----------------------|-------------------------| G|----------0-----------0--|----------0-----------0--|-------------------------|----------------------0--| D|-------0-----------0-----|h3-----3-----------3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------3-----------| e|----0--------------------|----0--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|----------------3--------|----------------3--------|-1-----------------------|-1-----------------3-----| G|h1--------1-----------1--|----------1--------------|-------------------2-----|----------2--------------| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-1-----------1-----------|-1-----------1-----------| e|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|----------------1--------|----1-----------0--------|-1--------------1--------|-------------------------| G|----------0-----------0--|-2--------0-----------0--|----------0-----------0--|-------------------------| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----3-----3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------| E|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------| e|-0-----------------------|----------0--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|----------------0--------|-3--------------3--------|-1-----------------------|-1-----------------3-----| G|-----------0h1-----------|-------------------------|-------------------2-----|----------2--------------| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-1-----------1-----------|-1-----------1-----------| e|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|----------------1--------|----1-----------0--------|-1--------------1--------|-1--------------1--------| G|----------0-----------0--|-2--------0-----------0--|----------0-----------0--|----------0-----------0--| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----3-----3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------| E|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------| "Freight train, freight train..." [ALTERNATE] This includes the bend that Elizabeth Cotten does sometimes. e|----0--------------------|----0--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|----------------3--------|----------------3--------|-1--------------3^(4)R3--|-1-----------------3-----| G|h1--------1-----------1--|----------1--------------|----------2--------------|----------2--------------| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-1-----------1-----------|-1-----------1-----------| [VARIATION 2] This is the version played my Ms. Cotten in a live video. e|-3-----------0-----------|-------------------------|-------------3-----1-----|-------------------------| B|-------------------------|-3-----------1-----------|-0-----------------------|----------------0--------| G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------0--------------| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------| e|-3--------------1--------|-0-----------------------|-----------------3-------|-0-----------------------| B|-------------------------|----------------3--------|-1-----------------------|-------------------------| G|----------0--------------|----------0--------------|----------0--------------|----------0--------------| D|-------0-----------0-----|h3-----3-----------3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------| E|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----3-----| e|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|----------------0--------|----------------3--------|----------1-----3^(4)R3--|-1--------------3--------| G|----------1--------------|----------1------------0-|h2--2--------------------|----------2------------0-| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-1-----------1-----------|-1-----------1-----1-----| e|----0--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|----------1--------------|-1--------------3--------|-------------------------|----------------1--------| G|-------------------2-----|----------0--------------|---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)-|----------0-----------0--| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------------------------|-------2-----------2-----| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----0-----------------|-3-----------------------| E|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------3-----0-----|-------------3-----------| e|----0--------------------|----0--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|----------------3--------|-------------3-----------|----1-----------3^(4)R3--|-1--------------3--------| G|----------1----------(0)-|h1-------------------(0)-|h2--------2--------------|----------2------------0-| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-1-----------1-----------|-1-----------1-----1-----| e|----0--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| B|----------1--------------|-1--------------3--------|----------------1--------|----------------1--------|| G|-------------------2-----|----------0--------------|----------0-----------0--|----------0-----------0--|| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|| E|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|| ************************************ | h Hammer-on | (n) Ghost note ************************************