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