Freight Train Blues

I haven't posted here in a long time,

but who among us doesn't love an old bluesy song 

about a freight train.

Especially when it is only 4 chords :) 

D
I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack
                              A7       D
Just a little old shanty by a railroad track
 
The humming of the drivers was my lullaby
                                      A7     D
And a freight train whistle taught me how to cry
 
                                                    
I've got the freight train blues Lordy Lordy Lordy
                            E7       A7
Got 'em in the bottom of my rambling shoes
    D
And when that whistle blows I've gotta go 
G         D
Oh Lordy  guess I'm never gonna lose
    A7            D
The freight train blues
 
                                             
Now my Pappy was a fireman and my Mammy dear
                            A7    D
Was the only daughter of an en-gineer
 
My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke
                                     A7       D
Now it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke

I've got the freight train blues Lordy Lordy Lordy
                            E7       A7
Got 'em in the bottom of my rambling shoes
    D
And when that whistle blows I've gotta go 
G         D
Oh Lordy  guess I'm never gonna lose
    A7            D
The freight train blues

Have great day, and keep on,

Strumming & Singing :)

Connie :) 

Cotton Fields ~ A Four Chord Song

Cotton Fields  4 easy chords

G

When I was a little bitty baby

   C

My mama would rock me in the cradle

        G                      D7

In them old cotton fields back home

     G

When I was a little bitty baby

   C

My mama would rock me in the cradle

        G   D7                 G

In them old cotton fields back home

 

          C

When them cotton bolls get rotten

          G

You can't pick very much cotton

                               D7

In them ole cotton fields back home

   G

It was down in Louisiana

             C

Just about a mile from Texarkana

        G   D7                 G

In them ole cotton fields back home

 

Repeat

The Wayward Wind ~ Four Chords

The Wayward Wind  ~ Four Chords


G                   G7            C
Oh the wayward wind is a restless wind
           G                   D7
A restless wind that yearns to wander
           G     G7          C
And he was born  the next of kin
            G          C       G
The next of kin to the wayward wind


In a lonely shack by a railroad track

He spent his younger days
                                
And I guess the sound of the outward bound
D7                                G
Made him a slave to his wandering ways

repeat #1

Oh I met him there in a border town

He vowed we'd never part

Though he tried his best to settle down
D7                          G
Now I'm alone with a broken heart

  Keep Smiling,

Connie :)

Mama's Table ~ A Very Easy Three Chord Song

Mama's Table

Recorded by the Oak Ridge Boys



G                                          C

We pull a chair up every night and eat and talk and joke and fight

   D7                                      G

Us kids learned wrong from right at mama's table

                                                C

Just some hickory wood and screws it's where my daddy read the news

           D7                             G     C

You didn't put your dirty shoes on mama's table



           G                          C

It was the center of the best times I remember

    D7                                       G

Sometimes the only thing that brought us all together

                                       C

Grandma passed it down when I was in a cradle

     D7                                         G

It's in my kitchen now but it's still my mama's table



                                                C

It's where my brother and I played games I just knew he'd gone insane 

    D7                               G

The day he carved his name in mama's table

                                           C

And when we got down on our luck it seemed like it held us up

    D7                                   G

You could always feel the love in mama's table



                              C

It was the center of the best times I remember

    D7                                       G

Sometimes the only thing that brought us all together

                                       C

Grandma passed it down when I was in a cradle

     D7                                         G     C

It's in my kitchen now but it's still my mama's table



            G

It has some faded spots and cracks 

      C

And a couple of burns from candle wax

          D7                               G

There’s a memory in each scratch on mama's table

Milk Cow Blues ~ Three Chord Song

Milk Cow Blues

This is a easy little 3 chord song.

It was recorded my Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys in 1946.

You can go here to hear them: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky2874tImDs

G
Well I woke up this mornin' and I looked out doors

I could tell my milk cow I could tell by the way she lows
       C                                G
If you see my milk cow ooh drive her on home
        D7                     C                        G
I ain't had no milk and butter since my milk cow's been gone


Well you've got to treat me right day by day

Get out your little prayer book get down upon your knees and pray
                   C                                   G
Cause you're gonna need you're gonna need my help some day
            D7                C                 G
Yeah you're going to be sorry you treat me this way


Well good evening don't that sun look good going down
C                                                G
Well good evening don't that sun look good going down
           D7                      C                G
Don't your home look lonesome when your lover ain't around


Now I've tried everything baby to get along with you

And now I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do

I'm gonna stop cryin' gonna leave you alone

If you don't think I'm leavin' you can count the days I'm gone
                   C                                   G
Cause you're gonna need you're gonna need my help some day
            D7                C                 G
Yeah you're going to be sorry you treat me this way

I want to thank all of my followers and visitors.

I hope that you are enjoying the songs that I post.

I'm keeping it easy :)

Have fun, Connie :) 

Bargain Store ~ A Two Chord Song

Bargain Store
written and recorded by Dolly Parton

 
Am              G              Am
My life is like unto a bargain store

                    G                   Am
And I may have just what you're looking for

                                        G              Am
If you don't mind the fact that all the merchandise is used

                  G                              Am
But with a little mending it could be as good as new

 

                          G               Am
Why you take for instance this old broken heart

                 G                   Am
If you will just replace the missing parts

                                   G              Am
You would be surprised to find how good it really is

                              G              Am
Take it and you never will be sorry that you did

 

                     G         Am
The bargain store is open come inside

        G                 Am
You can easily afford the price

                                 G       Am
Love is all you need to purchase all the merchandise

                              G          Am
And I can guarantee you'll be completely satisfied

 

                    G                 Am
Take these old used memories from the past

                            G                 Am
And these broken dreams and plans that didn't last

                                     G        Am
I'll trade them for a future I can't use them anymore

                     G                 Am
I've wasted love but I still have some more

                     G         Am
The bargain store is open come inside

                     G         Am
The bargain store is open come inside

Dolly is one of my all time favorite country western singers.

I hope you enjoy this easy two chord version of her song.

Stay happy and keep a song in your heart!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Why Don't You Love Me ~ A Three Chord Song

Why Don't You Love Me~ revised from my last post.

 
by Hank Williams

G
Well Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do
                                                   D7
How come you treat me like a worn out shoe
       G                                      C
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
G                                                        D7          G
Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do

                      C
Ain't had no loving like a hugging and a kissing
               D7           G
In a long  long while

We don't get nearer or further or closer
                           D7
Than a country mile

      G
So, Why don't you spark me like you used to do
                                                         D7
And say sweet nothings like you used to coo
        G                                                       C
I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through
   G                                                          D7        G
So Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do

Well why don't you be just like you used to be
                                                 D7
How come you find so many faults with me
         G                                           C
Somebody's changed so let me give you a clue
G                                                       D7         G
Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do


                      C
Ain't had no loving like a hugging and a kissing
               D7           G
In a long  long while

We don't get nearer or further or closer
                           D7
Than a country mile


      G
So, Why don't you say the things you used to say
                                                       D7
What makes you treat me like a piece of clay
       G                                       C
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
G                                                      D7         G
Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do

Have fun with this easy 3 chord song . . . Connie :)