Chattanooga Choo Choo Chords

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Chattanooga Choo Choo by Hank Snow is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7, C, A7, Em, G7, F and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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G                D7       C           G 
Pardon me boy is this the Chattanooga Choo Choo 
D7           A7                         G 
Track twenty nine boy you can give me a shine 
                D7        C           G 
I can afford to board the Chattanooga Choo Choo 
            A7       Em     A7        G 
I've got my fare and just a trifle to spare 
  
              C            G7             C 
You leave the Pennsylvania Station bout a quarter to four 
           G7                   C       G7 
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore 
F             D7    C                F 
Dinner in the diner nothing could be finer  
D7                        Am          G7 
Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina 
  
C                 G7              C           G7 
When you hear the whistle blowing eight to the bar 
C                  G7           C        G7 
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far 
C              D7      C            A7 
Shovel all the coal in gotta keep a rolling  
        G7                    C 
Woo woo Chattanooga there you are 
  
              G    G7      C            G 
There's gonna be a certain party at the station 
          A7                   D7    G 
Satin and lace I used to call funny face 
                        G7                 C 
She's gonna cry until I tell her that I'll never roam 
   G           Em         C         D7           G 
So Chattanooga choo choo  won't you choo-choo me home 
  
            Em         C         D7           G 
Chattanooga choo choo  won't you choo-choo me home 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante