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