Verse
F#m B
Well I'm walking down this track
F#m B F#m
With teats in my eyes
B C#
Trying to read a letter from my home
F#m B
If this train runs me right
F#m B
I'll be home tomorrow night
D C# F#m B
Lord, I'm nine hundred miles from my home
D C# F#m B
And how I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow
F#m B
[Verse 2]
F#m B
Well this train I ride on
F#m B
Is a hundred coaches long
F#m B C#
You can hear the whistle blowin' a hundred miles
F#m B
And if this train runs me right
F#m B
I'll be home by tomorrow night
D C# F#m B
But I'm nine hundred miles from my home
D C# F#m B
And how I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow
[Verse 3]
F#m B
Well I'll pawn you my watch
F#m B
And I'll pawn you my chain
F#m B C#
I'll even pawn you my gold diamond ring
F#m B
'Cause if this train runs me right
F#m B
I'll be home tomorrow night
D C# F#m B
Lord, I'm nine hundred miles from my home
D C# F#m B
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow
D C# F#m B
Yeah I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow