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