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I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack
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Just a little old shanty by a railroad track
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The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby
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And a freight train whistle taught me how to cry


[Chorus]
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I've got the freight train blues    Lordy  Lordy  Lordy
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Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes
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And when that whistle blows I've gotta go
   F#m      A                              E             A
Oh Lordy  I guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues


[Verse]
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Now a steamboat never stirs my soul
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And aeroplanes and autos always leave me cold
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The only thing that makes me want to navigate
                            E           A
Is the wildcat whistle on a south bound freight


[Chorus]
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I've got the freight train blues    Lordy  Lordy  Lordy
                            B              E
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes
    A
And when that whistle blows I've gotta go
   F#m      A                              E             A
Oh Lordy  I guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues