FREIGHT TRAIN 	 Fred Eaglesmith

Intro: Am''' F''' G''' Am'''

       A                                    F
Well I just came down the Chippewa, I had a station wagon and hundred dollars,

      G                                    Am
I was thinkin' 'bout the girl I'd lost the year before.

  Am                               F
I hadn't seen her for some time, I thought that I might go on by,

          G                           Am
When your memory came floodin' in and closed that door.

Chorus:
             Am                                F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a diesel locomotive,

         G                             Am
I'd come whistlin' down your track and crashin' in your door.

             Am                                 F
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I didn't have a heart,

                 G                   Am
And you'd need a shovel full of coal just to get me started.

             Am                                E
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train.

Every time I talk to you, I hear your jealous lies,
I feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway siding.
And every time I hear your voice, my water just gets cold,
My stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil.

(Chorus and repeat Intro)

Every time I fell behind and I could not get ahead,
I wish someone would pull a lever and give me a little sand.
And every time I slipped behind, hey, even further back,
I wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my track.

(Chorus)