Mississippi Fred McDowell - Freight train blues
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Tuning: D A D F# A D
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)
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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'.
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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)
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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.
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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]
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D|-12------------------------|-12------------------------|
A|------------------0--------|------------------0--------|
F#|----------0----------------|----------0----------------|
D|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-0------------0------------|-0------------0------------|
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| b Bend
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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