Freight Train Chords & Tabs
FREIGHT TRAIN
As recorded by Chet Atkins
Tablature (Tab) for Guitar
Transcribed by Craig Rogers {Tellurian}
Words and Music by Elizabeth Cotton
Arranged by Chet Atkins
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nylon String Acoustic Guitar'
Verse
Q=218
C G7
4/4
Gtr I
H H Q Q +H H Q Q +W
*|-3-----0-----|---------------|-------3-----|---------------|
*|-------------|-3--1--(1)-----|----------6--|-(6)-----------|
*|-------------|---------------|-4-----------|---------------|
*|----2-----2--|----2-------2--|----3-----3--|------3-----3--|
*|-3-----------|-3-------------|-------5-----|---------5-----|
*|-------3-----|--------3------|-3-----------|--3------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G13G7 C
H H Q Q +H H Q Q +W
|-3-----------|---------------|-------3--0--|-(0)-----------|
|-------6-----|-5--3--(3)-----|-1-----------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|----3-----3--|----3-------3--|----2-----2--|------2-----2--|
|-------5-----|--------5------|-3-----------|--3------------|
|-3-----------|-3-------------|-------3-----|---------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
E7 Am G F
Q Q +Q Q H +Q Q H Q Q +H E Q.
|----0--(0)-----|-0-----(0)-----|-------------|------------------|
|------------6--|------------3--|-1-----3--1--|-(1)-----0-(0)----|
|---------------|---------------|----------2--|-(2)--------2-----|
|----6-------6--|----0-------0--|----2-----3--|------3--------3--|
|---------------|--------2------|-0-----------|------------------|
|-0------7------|-0-------------|-------3-----|--1------1--------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/chet_atkins/freight_train_tab_ver_3.html ]
D.C.
C G7 C
H H Q Q +H H +E Q. W
|-------0-----|-0-------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-------------|----3--(3)-----|-1-----(1)-------|-^1-----------*|
|-0-----------|---------------|-0-----(0)-0-----|-^0-----------*|
|----2-----2--|----3-------3--|-2--2--(2)----2--|-^2-----------*|
|-3-----------|---------------|-3---------------|-^3-----0--2--*|
|-------3-----|-3------3------|--------3--------|-----3--------*|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
