G# (B)
Gas station, neon sign
G# (B) C# G# (B)
Orange and white winks an eye and it whispers 'goodnight'
D#
Drunk on the train to Chicago
G#
I feel alright.
G# (B)
Half-pint of Dewar's White Label
Still half-full
C# G# (B)
The train lurches left, lurches right
D#
Drunk on the train to Chicago
G#
I feel alright.
Fm
I left a New York
G#
Of gas bills and cigarette burns
Fm
Wasted days
D#
Of whiskey and "As the World Turns"
G# (B)
Train driver, hit the gas
G# (B)
Shovel coal, move your ass
C# G#
We've got a schedule to keep
D#
Drunk on the train to Chicago
G#
I fall asleep.
Fm
And in my dreams, we're careening drunk
G#
Down the streets of my hometown
Fm
The man on the moon is on Benzedrine
D#
And everybody's spinning 'round.
G# (B)
Bells ring and lights flicker
G# (B)
old girlfriends, good liquor
C# G# (B)
hold my hand all through the night
D#
Drunk on the train to Chicago,
C#
I feel alright.
G#
I feel alright.