Freight Train
by Elizabeth Cotten
🖐 Fingerstyle
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Elizabeth Cotten's iconic folk fingerpicking standard in C major. Originally played left-handed upside-down, the alternating bass pattern drives this timeless train song.
e|-----0-------0-------1-------1-------0-------0-------0-------0
B|---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---1---1---1---1
G|-0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----
D|--------------------------------------------------------------
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3-
E|-----------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----------------
e|-----0-------0-------1-------1-------0-------0-------0--------
B|---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---
G|-0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----
D|--------------------------------------------------------------
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---0---0---2---2---3---3---3---3-
E|-----------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----------------