Freight Train

When I was at the Swannanoa Gathering in 2005, this tune was the bane of my existence. Everyone seemed to know it. Yet as simple as it is to play in Standard Tuning, I could not find a way to make it sit well in DADGAD. Finally, I gave up on it.

Recently, I tried again and this time, I quit trying so hard to play it note for note. Instead, I opted for a simple arrangement that got the point across, while playing within the constraints of the tuning.

I don't have a video of this one yet, but here is the arrangement.


|--7-----4-----|--------0-----|-----------7--|--5-----------|
|--------------|--7-----------|--4-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|
|--------0-----|--------0-----|--0-----0-----|--0-----0-----|
|--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|



|--9------5----|--4-----------|--0--------7--|--4-----------|
|--------------|--------7-----|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|
|--0-----0-----|--0-----0-----|--------0-----|--------0-----|
|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|--0-----------|



|--4--------5--|--4-----------|--0-----------|--0-----------|
|--------------|--------7-----|-----------7--|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------4-----|
|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|-----0-----0--|-----0-----0--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--4-----4-----|--4-----4-----|--5-----5-----|--5-----5-----|



|--------4-----|--4--2--------|--0-----------|--------0-----|
|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|--------0-----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------7-----|
|-----4-----4--|-----2-----2--|-----4-----4--|--------4-----|
|--------0-----|--0-----0-----|--------0-----|--------0-----|
|--0-----------|--------------|--0-----------|--0-----------|