Living in the Country
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โฑ๏ธ 3:18 duration
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๐ Lyrics
You know the guitar came to Europe with the gypsies 700 years ago
Spain brought the guitar to Mexico 400 years ago
U.S.A. picked a quarrel with Mexico and got Texas and California
And it also got the guitar and the guitar got us
It was Afro American people in the south
That worked out this way of playing it though
You know in Europe they usually play a guitar
But the Afro American peple worked out a way to play it
Just like a drum band
The base strings were played by a thumb with a steady beat
And the top strings were played
With the finger and got all the little off beats
Up in Syracuse there's a 92 year old woman
Who wrote a song, which some of you may know
She plays it, who knows it?
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell them which train I'm on
So they won't know which route I've gone
When I die just bury me deep
Down at the foot of old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old number nine
As she goes roaring by
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell them which train I'm on
So they won't know which route I've gone
When I'm dead and in my grave
No more good times do I crave
Place the tombstone at my head and my feet
Tell my friends that I've gone to sleep
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell them which train I'm on
So they won't know which route I've gone
Spain brought the guitar to Mexico 400 years ago
U.S.A. picked a quarrel with Mexico and got Texas and California
And it also got the guitar and the guitar got us
It was Afro American people in the south
That worked out this way of playing it though
You know in Europe they usually play a guitar
But the Afro American peple worked out a way to play it
Just like a drum band
The base strings were played by a thumb with a steady beat
And the top strings were played
With the finger and got all the little off beats
Up in Syracuse there's a 92 year old woman
Who wrote a song, which some of you may know
She plays it, who knows it?
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell them which train I'm on
So they won't know which route I've gone
When I die just bury me deep
Down at the foot of old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old number nine
As she goes roaring by
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell them which train I'm on
So they won't know which route I've gone
When I'm dead and in my grave
No more good times do I crave
Place the tombstone at my head and my feet
Tell my friends that I've gone to sleep
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell them which train I'm on
So they won't know which route I've gone
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.82] You know the guitar came to Europe with the gypsies 700 years ago
[00:34.68] Spain brought the guitar to Mexico 400 years ago
[00:40.38] U.S.A. picked a quarrel with Mexico and got Texas and California
[00:46.06] And it also got the guitar and the guitar got us
[00:52.03] It was Afro American people in the south
[00:57.03] That worked out this way of playing it though
[01:01.24] You know in Europe they usually play a guitar
[01:05.47] But the Afro American peple worked out a way to play it
[01:10.75] Just like a drum band
[01:13.39] The base strings were played by a thumb with a steady beat
[01:21.18] And the top strings were played
[01:24.43] With the finger and got all the little off beats
[01:30.26] Up in Syracuse there's a 92 year old woman
[01:35.90] Who wrote a song, which some of you may know
[01:41.57] She plays it, who knows it?
[01:47.78] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[01:52.11] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[01:55.77] Please don't tell them which train I'm on
[02:01.10] So they won't know which route I've gone
[02:05.05] When I die just bury me deep
[02:09.34] Down at the foot of old Chestnut Street
[02:12.75] So I can hear old number nine
[02:17.88] As she goes roaring by
[02:21.37] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[02:24.44] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[02:28.07] Please don't tell them which train I'm on
[02:31.67] So they won't know which route I've gone
[02:35.28] When I'm dead and in my grave
[02:38.23] No more good times do I crave
[02:40.94] Place the tombstone at my head and my feet
[02:44.88] Tell my friends that I've gone to sleep
[02:48.06] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[02:50.42] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[02:53.07] Please don't tell them which train I'm on
[02:55.22] So they won't know which route I've gone
[02:57.26]
[00:34.68] Spain brought the guitar to Mexico 400 years ago
[00:40.38] U.S.A. picked a quarrel with Mexico and got Texas and California
[00:46.06] And it also got the guitar and the guitar got us
[00:52.03] It was Afro American people in the south
[00:57.03] That worked out this way of playing it though
[01:01.24] You know in Europe they usually play a guitar
[01:05.47] But the Afro American peple worked out a way to play it
[01:10.75] Just like a drum band
[01:13.39] The base strings were played by a thumb with a steady beat
[01:21.18] And the top strings were played
[01:24.43] With the finger and got all the little off beats
[01:30.26] Up in Syracuse there's a 92 year old woman
[01:35.90] Who wrote a song, which some of you may know
[01:41.57] She plays it, who knows it?
[01:47.78] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[01:52.11] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[01:55.77] Please don't tell them which train I'm on
[02:01.10] So they won't know which route I've gone
[02:05.05] When I die just bury me deep
[02:09.34] Down at the foot of old Chestnut Street
[02:12.75] So I can hear old number nine
[02:17.88] As she goes roaring by
[02:21.37] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[02:24.44] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[02:28.07] Please don't tell them which train I'm on
[02:31.67] So they won't know which route I've gone
[02:35.28] When I'm dead and in my grave
[02:38.23] No more good times do I crave
[02:40.94] Place the tombstone at my head and my feet
[02:44.88] Tell my friends that I've gone to sleep
[02:48.06] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[02:50.42] Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
[02:53.07] Please don't tell them which train I'm on
[02:55.22] So they won't know which route I've gone
[02:57.26]