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Title: Freight Train Blues Artist: Mississippi Fred McDowell Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Tuning: Open-D (DADF#Ad) Time: 4/4 Tempo: Q=140 Capo: 0 Transcribed and took the lyrics from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZtMFWZT7Q credits and many thanks to Bredude! Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Eighths are marked '+'. [Intro] + + + + D|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| F#|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|---------------------|-3h4-------0-------------|-3h4-------0--------0----| A|------0---------0----|-------0------------0----|-------0-----------------| D|-0---------0---------|-0-------------0---------|-0-------------0---------| + + + + + + + + D|-----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|-----------0-------------| A|-7/9---------------------|-------------------------|-7/9---------------------|-------------------------| F#|-0-----------------------|-1p0---------------------|-0-----------------------|-1p0---------------------| D|-------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|-------0------------0----| A|-0-------------0---------|-------------------------|-0-------------0---------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-0-------------0---------|-------------------------|-0-------------0---------| [VerseA] (2x) + + + + + + D|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------|---------------------------| A|------------------0--------|----------3b------3b-------|-0----------------0--------| F#|----------0----------------|---------------------------|----------0----------------| D|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----| A|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| D|-0------------0------------|-0------------0------------|-0------------0------------| I got on that freight train; tried to beat my way. I asked the conductor, let me ride it blind. Got a letter from Hot Spring. I tell you how it read. Last time I saw here, she was standing at back door cryin'. + + + + + + D|----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|----------0-------------|-----------0-------------| A|-8b---------------------|-------------------------|-8b---------------------|-------------------------| F#|------------------------|-1p0---------------------|------------------------|-1p0---------------------| D|------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|------0------------0----|-------0------------0----| A|-0------------0---------|-------------------------|-0------------0---------|-------------------------| D|------------------------|-0-------------0---------|------------------------|-0-------------0---------| [VerseB] (2x) + + + + + + D|-0-------------------------|-2--------3-------2--------|-0-------------------------| A|------------------2--------|---------------------------|------------------0--------| F#|----------1----------------|------1---------------1----|----------0----------------| D|------0---------------0----|---------------------------|------0---------------0----| A|-2------------2------------|-2------------3------------|---------------------------| D|---------------------------|---------------------------|-0------------0------------| Lord them rocks and gravel, Lord, flew all in my face. He said, "No boy, that train ain't none of mine." Come home at once boy, your sure-'nough gal is dead. I never felt so sorry, Lord, as when she said goodbye. + + + + + + D|----------0-------------|-----------0-------------|----------0-------------|-----------0-------------| A|-8b---------------------|-------------------------|-8b---------------------|-------------------------| F#|------------------------|-1p0---------------------|------------------------|-1p0---------------------| D|------0------------0----|-------0------------0----|------0------------0----|-------0------------0----| A|-0------------0---------|-------------------------|-0------------0---------|-------------------------| D|------------------------|-0-------------0---------|------------------------|-0-------------0---------| [Outro] + + + + D|-12------------------------|-12------------------------| A|------------------0--------|------------------0--------| F#|----------0----------------|----------0----------------| D|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----| A|---------------------------|---------------------------| D|-0------------0------------|-0------------0------------| ************************************ | b Bend | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up ************************************