Freight Train Metaphor
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: F#Capotraste: Sem capotraste
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@gmail.com
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F# - 244322
C# - x46664
D#m - x68876
B - x24442
E - 022100
[Verse 1]
B
There's a freight train headed this way
get up off the ground get out of the way
B
draw it up and push it away, up out of
the ground back into its place
[Chorus 1]
B
Right back into its place.
B
Right back into its place.
[Verse 2]
B
Put it right back into its place
left underground, don't give it a name
B
when you woke up still in a
daze was holding your
hand and you slipped
[Chorus 2]
B
Right back into its place.
B
Right back into its place.
[Chorus 3]
C# D#m F#
Time to make corrections
C# D#m F#
left some on the page
C# D#m F#
the rest distorts the image
C# B
there was something in the way.
B
short me out.
[Verse 3]
B
Freight train headed this way get
up off the ground get out the way
B
draw it out and push it away up out
of the ground back into its place
[Chorus 4]
B
Right back into its place.
B
Right back into its place.
[Chorus 5]
C# D#m F#
See you on the outside when
C# D#m F#
you don't have the shakes
C# D#m F#
meet you in your hometown
C#
when the sky is
B
turning grey
[Chorus 6]
C# D#m F#
Rising in the distance
C# D#m F#
collapsing into space
C# D#m
a compromised
F#
resistance there was
C# B
something in the way
B
don't short me out
B
don't short me out
B
don't short me out
B B
don't short me out
[Bridge]
B
Divided up and split
F# B
the difference past
F#
expiration forced into
B
this position and I
F#
will offer no resistance
B
a shorted circuit well
F#
into decomposition
F# E
when the ground begins
B F#
to shake take til
E
there's nothing left
B F# E F# E F# E F# E
to take
[Outro]
F# E
The ground
begins to shake.
F# E
The ground
begins to shake.
F# E
The ground
begins to shake.
F# E
The ground
F#
begins to shake.
How to play Freight Train Metaphor
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.