Chords with lyrics
Jim Henry - Sound Of The Whistle Blow
CAPO: 2nd Fret
Intro:
A minorAm
Verse 1:
C majorC
Lights come up, lights go down
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
And I'm a singer in between
C majorC
I count my cash by the dashboard light
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm DmDm FF G+G
I hit first gear and leave the scene
Verse 2:
A minorAm C majorC
Town to town, night to night
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
Big crowds or small, I do the show
C majorC
A augmentedA ten hour drive for one on the stage
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
It's a crazy life, I know
Chorus:
FF C majorC
Well, I love the sound of a midnight train
G+G E MajorE A minorAm
The smell of the road after the rain
FF C majorC
A augmentedA full tank, half a pack and a thousand miles to go
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
I race the sound of the whistle blow
Verse 3:
C majorC
When I'm gone, life at home goes on
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
My son knows ten new words
C majorC
He cries for me in the middle of the night
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
My wife lets him sleep with her
Chorus:
FF C majorC
And I love the sound of a midnight train
G+G E MajorE A minorAm
The smell of the road after the rain
FF C majorC
A augmentedA full tank, half a pack and a thousand miles to go
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
I race the sound of the whistle blow
Instrumental:
G+G E MajorE A minorAm FF C majorC
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
Verse 4:
C majorC
If you got the dough, that's where I go
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
Sometimes I feel like a whore
C majorC
But a gig's a gig, and I can't complain
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
'Til I don't get gigs anymore
Chorus:
FF C majorC
And I love the sound of a midnight train
G+G E MajorE A minorAm
The smell of the road after the rain
FF C majorC
A augmentedA full tank, half a pack and a thousand miles to go
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
I race the sound of the whistle blow
DmDm FF G+G A minorAm
I race the sound of the whistle blow