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