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Originally Posted by Tanque Verde
Toby, maybe I'm just dodging the rough stuff, but I can't find a tab of Freight Train that I'm entirely comfortable with. The version on Songsterr is hard to read (what do the Xs signify?)
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I guess you mean the one titled as the Elizabeth Cotten version?
They mean the tabber couldn't be bothered to give you fret numbers, by the look of it. (Normally X's on tab mean unpitched, muted notes, ie indistinct thumps. That's obviously not correct in this case)
I suggest you look at the Marcel Dadi one:
http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/marce...in-tab-s5856t0
His first 16 bars are pretty much how Elizabeth Cotten did it. The rest is him embellishing and showing off! (Nice stuff, but definitely not beginner level.)