Verse 1
A
Well that judge he found me guilty of wrong doing
D A
he sentenced me to hang in mid-july
A
He look down at me and said you are a ruin
B7 E
If I were you I'd break right down and cry
A
But nobody seems to care that I ain't guilty
D A
I never did the things they said I've done
A
But it looks like they're gonna to hang somebody
E A
and it's lookin like I'm goin to be the one
chorus,
A D A
(So just) send my body home on a freight train
D A
and don't worry none that I don't go first class
D A
Send my body home on a freight train
b7 E
So everyone can see me when I pass
D A
and don't worry none about no fancy funeral
D A
it don't matter how they lay me down
D A
see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
E A
and just send my body back to my home town
Verse 2
A
My mama was one damn hard workin woman
D A
she tried to raise us kids without a pa
D A
the last thing that she said she was on her dying bed
b7 E
was boy don't get in trouble with the law
A
Well whenever my time comes to meet my maker
D A
I'm going to try to do my very best
D A
I'm going to stand and take it like a man
E A
when they ask if I have one request
I'll say .....(repeat chorus)