Am: x02210
Dm:xx0231
E7: 020100
Bass walk E-G-A: E0-E3-A0
Capo 1
Verse 1
[Am]
I'm a-walking down the track, I've got tears in my eyes,
I'm tryin' to read a letter from my home;
[Dm]
If that train runs right, I'll be home tomorrow night,
[E7] [Am]
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home.
[Dm] [E7] [Am] (Bass walk [E]-[G]-[A] x2)
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow,
Verse 2
[Am]
I will pawn you my watch, I will pawn you my chain,
I'll pawn you my gold watch and my chain;
[Dm]
If that train runs right, I'll be home tomorrow night,
[E7] [Am]
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home.
[Dm] [E7] [Am] (Bass walk [E]-[G]-[A] x2)
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow,
Verse 3
[Am]
The train I ride on is a hundred coaches long.
You can hear her whistle blow a hundred miles;
[Dm]
If that train runs right, I'll be home tomorrow night,
[E7] [Am]
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home.
[Dm] [E7] [Am] (Bass walk [E]-[G]-[A] x2)
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow,
Verse 4
[Am]
If my woman tells me so then I'll railroad no more.
But I'll sidetrack my train and go home.
[Dm]
If that wheeler runs right, I'll be home tomorrow night,
[E7] [Am]
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home.
[Dm] [E7] [Am] (Bass walk [E]-[G]-[A] x2)
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow,
