Tabs
Tuning: Open 
G+G (
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G 
BB D MajorD)
Key: D MajorD
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
D(I) G(IV) D MajorD
D|----7~-|/3\2\0-3~3.----|----12~~~|5b5b5b3b3b---|
BB|-/7~~~~|-----------3~--|-/12~--~-|----------3~-|
G+G|-/7----|---------------|-/12-----|-------------|
D MajorD|-------|---------------|---------|-------------|
G+G|-------|---------------|---------|-------------|
D MajorD|-------|---------------|---------|-------------|
Ain't nothing but a thang
G(IV) D(I) D(I) |
D MajorD|-9--/12~~|5b5b5b3b3b----|-7\5----------------|
BB|-9--/12~-|---------/7~~-|--------------------|
G+G|---------|---------/7~~-|------5/-5/-5/7~----|
D MajorD|---------|--------------|----5-------5/7~----|
G+G|--------|---------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|--------|---------------|--------------------|
Verse 1:
4 bars no chords, then: Well the ASEA moves to Memphis...
(strum high notes; no slide)
D MajorD D MajorD etc, then: D MajorD
D|---7x-----7x--|---7x-----7x-|-------------|------10—9~~---|
BB|---7x-----7x--|---7x-----7x-|-------------|-----(7)-(7)-----|
G+G|---7x-----7x--|---7x-----7x-|-------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
G+G|-7------------|-7-----------|-------------|-77--------------|
D MajorD|-------7------|-------7-----|-------------|-----------------|
...-Northern line
(w/slide)
bVI bVII
D---/3~~~3--3/5----|-----------|----|
B---(3)--3--3/5----|-----------|----|
G------------------|--3\--h3---|-x2-|
D------------------|--3\--h3---|----|
G-0----0--0--------|0----0h3-0-|----|
D------------------|-----------|----|
Fallen off a rock...
D MajorD|---/3~~~3--3/5----|----------7~-|-7\5------------|----------|
BB|---(3)--3--3/5----|----------7~-|-7\5---5\-5/7~--|-7--7--7--|
G+G|------------------|-------------|----------5/7~--|-7--7--7--|
D MajorD|------------------|-5\\\\-------|-----(5)--------|-7--7--7--|
G+G|-0----0--0--------|-5\\\\--/7---|----------------|-7--7--7--|
D MajorD|------------------|-------------|----------------|----------|
Well the ASEA moves to Memphis
On the Burlington-Northern line
It moves so slow
You'd have to be deaf and blind
To have the train leave you behind, kindof like
Fallen off a rock
Fallen off a rock
Fallen off a rock in train time
Verse 2:
There's a fly past over on South Maine
Called the Frank James Hotel
They got some ugly women there to take you to heaven
A augmentedA few gonna take you to hell, kindof like...
Bridge: 1:25
(w/slide)
IV I
D MajorD|---12----12-----|----||--0--0--0~-|----||----7x-----7x--||
BB|-----12----12---|----||---0--0----|----||----7x-----7x--||
G+G|-------12----12~|-x2-||----0--0---|-x2-||----7x-----7x--||x4
D MajorD|-0~-------------|----||-0---------|----||---------------||
G+G|----------------|----||-----------|----||--7------------||
D MajorD|----------------|----||-----------|----||--------7------||
Catch out... Maybe... Stay right..
Catch out up to St Louis
Maybe get me a job
Stay right there at the mission
Have another talk with God, kindof like...
Verse 4:
Well the police have got my number
They had me for vagrancy
I went to their hotel down on Monroe
Felt their hospitality, kindof like...
Bridge:
Catch out up to St Louis... kindof like...
Break:
(w/slide)
D MajorD|----7-----7----|
BB|-----7---------|
G+G|------7-----7--|
D MajorD|---------------|
G+G|-7-------------|
D MajorD|-------(7)-----|
Crunching on the cinders, looking for an empty
Hmmmmm mmmmmmmm, ____________
Drinking my red wine, checking the high line,
Hmmm-hmmm, ____________
kindof like...
Outro solo: 3:28
(w/distortion,w/slide,strumming) g .
D MajorD|--------------|-------------|----------------/3-2--|------------------|
BB|--------------|-------------|----------------/3-2--|------------------|
G+G|---7-7----5-5-|--4-4----3-3-|--/2/2-/2/2~----------|------------------|
D MajorD|---7-7----5-5-|--4-4----3-3-|--/2/2-/2/2~----------|-7-7-----7-7------|
G+G|-7------5-----|4------3-----|2-/2/2-/2/2~---7------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-777--|
D MajorD|--------------|-------------|----------------------|-----9-9-----999--|
In freight train time
3:40 ^ ^ ^ 3:47 ^
D MajorD|-/3~--3-2~-0|3-32-0---|---------------|------------------/3-0~--0|
BB|-/3~--3-2~-0|3-32-0---|---------------|------------------/3-0~--0|
G+G|------------|---------|---------------|--------------------------|
D MajorD|------------|---------|-/7---/10-9-7~-|-7-7------777-777---------|
G+G|------------|---------|-/7~~-/10-9-7~-|-7-7-7-7--777-777---------|
D MajorD|------------|---------|---------------|-----9-9------------------|
Please don’t let me die 'lone
^ ^ 4:00 ^ ^ 4:05
D MajorD|-3-32-0-3-32-0-|----|-1515------------------|-----------------|
BB|-3-32-0-3-32-0-|-x2-|------7---/10-9----789-|-----------------|
G+G|---------------|----|------7---/10-9--------|-----------------|
D MajorD|---------------|----|------7~~-------7~~----|-7-7-----7-7-----|
G+G|---------------|----|------7~~-------7~~----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D MajorD|---------------|----|-----------------------|-----9-9-----9-9-|
Hey freight train Please don’t let me die 'lone die alone
^ ^
D MajorD|-----------/151515~~~1515-|----------1010-6~~5|3~1/3------------|
BB|------------151515---1515-|-------------------|-----------------|
G+G|--------------------------|-------------------|-------7--5--3--2|
D MajorD|-7-10-109-----------------|-7-10~-109---------|------7--5--3--2-|
G+G|-7-10-109~ ---------------|-7-10~-109---------|-----7--5--3--2--|
D MajorD|--------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
I got one free as the breeze Oh take me home
(=7) .
D MajorD|-7/10/12~~|-----------------------|----------|-----|
BB|-7/10/12~~|-----------------------|----------|-7---|
G+G|----------|-/10/10/10/10/10/10/10-|----------|-7---|
D MajorD|----------|-/10/10/10/10/10/10/10-|----------|-7---|
G+G|----------|-/10/10/10/10/10/10/10-|----------|-7---|
D MajorD|----------|-----------------------|----------|-----|
It's a freight train Now a freight train
