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