Bummin' an Old Freight Train
Written by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Chord-chart by Lynn Lewis

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1.


       |G        /        /  /
I was a wild and reckless ho-bo,
 |C       /     G    /
I left my happy home,
 |C       /        G        /
I started out on a westward trip,
   |A     /      D    /
All by my-self a-lone.
  |G      /        /   /      	
My pocket book was emp-ty,
  |C         /           G    /
My heart was filled with pain,
 |C        /       G        /
A thousand miles a-way from home,
    |G          D           G     / 
Just bummin' an old freight train.
chorus:

    |G          /           /        /    |
Just bummin' an old freight train oh Lord,
C          /           /     /
Bummin' an old freight train,
 |C        /       G        /
A thousand miles a-way from home,
    |G          D           G     / |
Just bummin' an old freight train.

2.

I was standing on the platform,
Smokin' a cheap cigar,
Waiting for that old freight train,
To catch an empty car
My pocket book was empty,
My heart it was filled with pain,
A thousand miles away from home,
Just bummin' an old freight train.
chorus:

3.

I pulled my cap down over my eyes,
I walked up to the track,
I caught the stirrup of a sleepin' car,
And never did look back.
My pocket book was empty,
My heart it was filled with pain,
A thousand miles away from home,
Just bummin' an old freight train.
chorus:
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