Key: Fm
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Fm7
I lost everything I had in the '29 flood
Fm7 Cm7
The barn was buried 'neath a mile of mud
Fm7
Now I've got nothing but the whistle and the steam
Fm7
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7
Now there's a fellow that's preaching 'bout hell and damnation
Fm7 Cm7
Bouncing off the walls in the Grand Central Station
Fm7
I treated her bad, I treated her mean
Fm7
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7
I said hey, hey, I don't know what to do
Fm7 Cm7
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Fm7 Bbm7
Hey, hey, I don't know what to do
Fm7
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7
Now I've always been puzzled by the yin and the yang
Fm7
Come out in the wash, but it always leaves a stain
Fm7
Sturm and Drang, the luster and the sheen
Fm7
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7
Toss the baby with the water, and the preacher stole the bride
Fm7 Cm7
Sent her out for a bottle, but when she came back inside
Fm7 Fm
Didn't have my whiskey, she didn't have my gin
Fm Fm7 Fm
But a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin
Fm Fm7 Fm
Hey, hey, I don't know what to do
Fm7 Cm7 Cm
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Fm7 Bb
Hey, hey, I don't know what to do
Fm Fm7 Cm7
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7 Fm
On the train you get smaller, as you get further away
Fm7 Cm
The roar covers everything you wanted to say
Cm Fm7 Bb
Was that a raindrop in the corner of your eye?
Bb Fm7 F
Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye?
Fm7 Fm
I said hey, hey, I will remember you
Fm7 Fm
Hey, hey,
Cm7
I don't know what to do
Fm7 Fm Fm7
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Fm
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7 Fm
I said, Hey hey, I don't know what to do
Fm7
Hey, hey,
Fm
I will remember you
Fm7
Hey, hey,
Fm
I don't know what to do
Fm
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm7
I said hey, hey,
Fm
I don't know what to do
Fm
Hey, hey,
Fm
I will remember you
Fm7
Hey, hey,
Bbm
I don't know what to do
Fm
My baby's leaving on the 2:19
Fm
I said, hey