Tom: E
E
Well that judge he found me guilty of wrong doing
A E
And he sentenced me to hang in mid-July
E C#7
He looked down at me and said your life’s a ruin
F# B7
If I were you I'd break right down and cry
E
But nobody seems to care that I ain't guilty
A E
I never did the things they said I've done
E C#7
But I guess they're gonna have to hang somebody
F# B7 E
And it's lookin like I'm gonna be the one
Chorus:
A E
So send my body home on a freight train
A E
And don't worry none that I don't go first class
A E C#7
Send my body home on a freight train
F# B7
So everyone can see me when I pass
A E
And don't worry none about no fancy funeral
A E
Cause it don’t matter how they lay me down
A E C#7
Just see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
F# B7 E
And send my body back to my home town
E
Well, my mama was one damn hard workin woman
A E
And she tried to raise us kids without a paw
C#7
The last thing that she said she was on her dying bed
F# B7
Was son don't get in trouble with the law
E
Whenever my time comes to meet my maker
A E
I'm going to try to do my very best
C#7
I'm going try to stand and take it like a man
F# B7 E
When they ask if I have one request
E
Well I’ll just say
Chorus:
A E
So send my body home on a freight train
A E
And don't worry none that I don't go first class
A E C#7
Send my body home on a freight train
F# B7
So everyone can see me when I pass
A E
And don't worry none about no fancy funeral
A E
Cause it don’t matter how they lay me down
A E C#7
Just see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
F# B7 E
And send my body back to my home town
A E C#7
Just see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
F# B7 E
And send my body back to my home town
