^CFreight train, freight train, ^Dmgoin' ^Amso ^G7fast, ^GFreight train, freight train, ^Cgoin' ^Amso ^Gfast. ^E7Please don't tell what ^Ftrain ^Dm7I'm ^Fon, ^AmSo they ^Gwon't ^Emknow where ^DmI've ^Cgone.

^CFreight train, freight train comin' ^Cround ^Amthe ^G7bend, ^GFreight train, freight train, ^Cgone ^Ama...^Ggain. ^E7One of these days turn that ^Ftrain ^Dm7a...^Fround, ^AmAnd go ^Gback to my ^G7home ^Ctown.

^CFreight train, freight train, ^Dmgoin' ^Amso ^G7fast, ^GFreight train, freight train, ^Cgoin' ^Amso ^Gfast. ^E7Please don't tell what ^Ftrain ^Dm7I'm ^Fon, ^AmSo they ^Gwon't ^Emknow where ^DmI've ^Cgone.

^COne more place I'd ^Dmlike ^Amto ^G7be, ^Gone more place I'd ^Clove ^Amto s^Gee, ^E7To watch them old Blue Ridge ^FMoun^Dm7tains c^Flimb, ^AmWhen I ^Gride ol’ Num^G7ber ^CNine.

^CFreight train, freight train, ^Dmgoin' ^Amso ^G7fast, ^GFreight train, freight train, ^Cgoin' ^Amso ^Gfast. ^E7Please don't tell what ^Ftrain ^Dm7I'm ^Fon, ^AmSo they ^Gwon't ^Emknow where ^DmI've ^Cgone.

^CWhen I die Lord, ^Cbury ^Amme ^G7deep, ^Gdown at the end of ^CBlee^Amker ^GStreet, ^E7So I can hear old ^FNum^Dm7ber ^FNine, ^Amas she ^Ggoes roll^Dmin’ ^Cby.

^CFreight train, freight train, ^Dmgoin' ^Amso ^G7fast, ^GFreight train, freight train, ^Cgoin' ^Amso ^Gfast. ^E7Please don't tell what ^Ftrain ^Dm7I'm ^Fon, ^AmSo they ^Gwon't ^Emknow where ^DmI've ^Cgone.

Peter, Paul and Mary - Freight train