FREIGHT TRAIN   By Elizabeth Cotton    Adapted from a Chet Video by Michael Joyce  Transcribed from the RCA
LP "Guitar Country" & TablEdited
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   ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙A7 in.tef
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˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙F t\1mike\working
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From the time it came out until this transcription, I was a little disappointed by the arrangement.  Not enough hot licks, unusual latin-like rhythm in the background.  Chet's melody is different than Libba Cotton's or PPM's and because of my love of his music, it is indelibly etched in my brain's musical library.  A few years ago I came up with a version of Freight Train called "Loaded Freight Train".  This wasn't a transcription but instead an arrangement based on my mind's recollection of Chet's melody with standard Chet and Merle Travis licks to make it a solo guitar piece.  I should have transcribed this version, though!  

I have a video of Chet playing this tune in the key of C and have seen him playing it in C then going to D.  I always assumed that he played it that way on the recording.  Not so!  Chet starts out in the key of F. 

The bass part is an attempt at a transcription.  I have to admit that I did repeat some bass parts.  Chet normally didn't permit his bass player to "get down" so the parts were pretty basic.  The rhythm guitar and percussion are 1/2 transcription, 1/2 fill in the blanks.  The piano  part is a guess.

On the second time through, the piano player played the lick I tried to transcribe, and later in the piece, he repeated it.  I only put it in during the second part.  I didn't miss it, though!

In the center of the tune, another instrument takes the lead for about 8 measures.  I believe it is an electric piano.  Since this lead can be played on the guitar, I transcribed it as Chet's part.  I don't believe he played this, but it fills in the gap, and is closer to the record than if I got really creative.  Just remember, Chet really didn't play that part.

Now here is the tough part:  did Chet use a capo at least for the parts in F?  Well, I don't know.  It can be played without one.  The first time through in F, I hear an open G, A and E strings, due to the quality of the mp3 I used, I could be wrong.  The second time through, the same passage seems to be played with noted strings.  
When Chet played the thumblick part in C, he definitely played it in the first position.  So if Chet used a capo, he removed it during one of the breaks on the key change.

Nothing tough about it,  no hot licks, just basic Chet thumbstyle guitar. Compare this to my arrangement "Loaded Freight Train" also in the Fingerstyle Guitar Resource Center.  Between the two, there should be enough licks to fill the train to the little red caboose.   Hope you enjoy it as much as I did transcribing it.  

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