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