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 :) 

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

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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 :) 

House of The Rising Sun ~ Five Chord Song

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN          

     Am       C          D      F         

There is a house in New Orleans, 

      Am       C       E

They call the Rising Sun

   Am     C      D        F       

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

    Am    E         Am   C   D   F  C    E   

And me, I Know, I'm one

   Am     C      D     F    Am       C        E

My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans

   Am     C     D        F     Am      E      Am   C

My father was a gambler, Lord, down in New Orleans

        Am   C       D       F          Am       C     E 

Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk

        Am   C    D         F        Am        E    Am     C

And the only time he's satisfied, is when he's on a drunk

    Am      C         D         

Oh, mother, tell your children,  

F       Am      C       E 

 not to do what I have done,

       Am         C        D           F           

Don't  spend your lives in sin and misery, 

       Am           E      Am    C

in the house of the Rising Sun

                   Am   C     D       F      

Well  I’ve got one foot on the platform, 

    Am         C      E 

the other foot on the train

    Am    C       D         F    Am        E        Am      C

I'm goin' back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain

            Am   C        D      F          

Well, There is a house in New Orleans, 

     Am       C      E

they call the Rising Sun

    Am            C       D           F         

And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy , 

    Am     E        Am   c

and God, I know I'm one

 

KANSAS CITY -A Three Chord Song

KANSAS CITY  ~ maybe you remember Fats Domino singing this song

A

I'm going to Kansas City    Kansas City here I come

             D                               A

I'm going to Kansas City    Kansas City here I come

              E7

They got some crazy little women there

    D                   A

And I'm a gonna get me one

 

       

I'll be on the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine

        D                                     A

I'll be standing on the corner Of Twelfth and Vine

        E7

With my Kansas City baby 

    D                A

And boy she's really fine

 

 

I might take a train     I might take a plane

                                

But if I have to walk I'm gonna get there just the same

             D                               A

I'm going to Kansas City   Kansas City here I come

               E7

They got some crazy little women there

    D                A

and I'm gonna get me one

This is a easy, fun song . . . hope you enjoy it,

Connie