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K:C "C"G E D C | "G7" (B,/2B,/2)G/2(F/2 F2) | w:Freight train, freight train, go-ing so fast - "G7" G G E D | "C" C G/2(E/2 E2) | w:Freight train, freight train, going so fast - "E7" E E E E/2D/2 | "F" C E/2(C/2 C) D | w:Please don't tell what - train I'm on, They won't "C" E C/2A,/2 "F" C "G7" D | "C" (C2 "D-7" C) "G7"z | w:know what - route I've gone - W:1 W:Freight train, freight train, going so fast W:Freight train, freight train, going so fast W:Please don't tell what train I'm on W:So they won't know where I've gone W: W:2 W:When I'm dead and in my grave W:No more good times here I crave W:Place the stones at my head and feet W:And tell them all I've gone to sleep W: W:3 W:When I die, oh bury me deep W:Down at the end of old Chestnut Street W:So I can hear old Number Nine W:As she comes rolling by W: W:4 W:When I die, oh bury me deep W:Down at the end of old Chestnut Street W:Place the stones at my head and feet W:And tell them all I've gone to sleep W: W:5 W:Freight train, freight train, going so fast W:Freight train, freight train, going so fast W:Please don't tell what train I'm on W:So they won't know where I've gone % % % % % % % % %]

	

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