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