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