Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: F#m B Well I'm walking down this track F#m B F#m With teats in my eyes B C# Trying to read a letter from my home F#m B If this train runs me right F#m B I'll be home tomorrow night D C# F#m B Lord, I'm nine hundred miles from my home D C# F#m B And how I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow
F#m B Verse 2: F#m B Well this train I ride on F#m B Is a hundred coaches long F#m B C# You can hear the whistle blowin' a hundred miles F#m B And if this train runs me right F#m B I'll be home by tomorrow night D C# F#m B But I'm nine hundred miles from my home D C# F#m B And how I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow Verse 3: F#m B Well I'll pawn you my watch F#m B And I'll pawn you my chain F#m B C# I'll even pawn you my gold diamond ring F#m B 'Cause if this train runs me right F#m B I'll be home tomorrow night D C# F#m B Lord, I'm nine hundred miles from my home D C# F#m B And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow D C# F#m B Yeah I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow