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Freight Train

Chet Atkins
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

This is how I saw CA perform on an austrilian tv show.

He played it on his acoustic gibson.

The year was 1997. He was teaching the narrator how to play it.

e|---------------------|--3---------0---------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|----------------------|--3---------1---------|
G|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------------|-------2---------2----|-------2---------2----|
A|-----------0----2----|--3-------------------|--3-------------------|
E|------3--------------|------------3---------|------------3---------|
e|---------------3-------|--1-------------------|--5---------1---------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|--4--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|-------5----------5----|-------2---------2----|-------5---------2----|
A|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|--3---------3----------|--3---------3---------|--3---------3---------|
e|--0-------------------|---------------3-------|--0-------------------|
B|------------3---------|--1--------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|-------2---------2----|-------2----------2----|-------2---------2----|
A|----------------------|--3--------------------|--3-------------------|
E|--3---------3---------|------------3----------|------------3---------|

*this part is worth studying - and yes it is accurate!

e|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
B|--5------------6-------|--5-------------------|--1------------3-------|
G|-----------------------|------------7---------|-----------------------|
D|-------6----------6----|-------6---------6----|-------3----------3----|
A|------------7----------|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|--0--------------------|--0---------0---------|--1---------1----------|
e|----------------------|--0--------------------|-----------------------|
B|--1---------1----3----|------------1----------|------------3----------|
G|----------------------|---------------2-------|--4------------4-------|
D|-------3---------3----|-------2----------0----|-------5----------5----|
A|----------------------|--3--------------------|-----------------------|
E|--1---------1---------|------------3----------|--3---------3----------|
e|-------------------|------------------||
B|-------------------|------------------||
G|--1----------------|------------------||
D|-------------------|------------------||
A|-------------------|------------------||
E|--3----------------|------------------||

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