Am F G Am


[Verse 1]
       Am                                    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. 
 

[Verse 2]
Am                         F
Every time I talk to you, I hear your jealous lies, 
            G                                Am
I feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway siding.
Am                                   F 
And every time I hear your voice, my water just gets cold, 
   G                            Am
My stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil. 


[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. 


[Instrumental]
Am F G Am x2


[Verse 3]
Am                           F
Every time I fell behind and I could not get ahead, 
         G                                 Am
I wish someone would pull a lever and give me a little sand. 
Am                               F
And every time I slipped behind, hey, even further back, 
             G                                        Am
I wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my track. 


[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               Fade.....
Wish I was a freight train, baby, wish I was a freight train.