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