Intro
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Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, one of these mornings, it won't be long
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Captain's gonna call and I'll be gone, I'll be nine hundred miles away from home
[Verse 1]
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Well, you can count the days I'm gone, you can tell the train I'm on
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You can hear the whistle blow as she rolls by
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She rolls by, she rolls by, hear the whistle blow as she rolls by
[Verse 2]
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My olden shoes are worn, my olden clothes are torn
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And I hate to go home now this-a-way
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This-a-way, this-a-way, hate to go home this-a-way
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[Verse 3]
D
Well, if my Mama she says so, I'll railroad no more
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I'll side-track my train and go home
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And go home, and go home, side-track my train and go home
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[Verse 4]
D
If I die a Railroad Man, I want to be buried in the sand
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So I can hear old No. 9 as she rolls by
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She rolls by, she rolls by
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Hear old No. 9 as she rolls by, oh yeah, yeah, ooooh