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