Chords
I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
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        G  D  G  
G  
I was ridin' Number Nine,
C                                                            G  
Headin' south from Caroline.
G                                                      D                      G  
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
G  
Got in trouble, had to roam,
C                                                                    G  
Left my gal an' left my home.
G                                                 D                            G  
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
C  
Just a kid, actin' smart,
                                                G  
I went and broke my darling's heart,
                                                                             D  
I guess I was too young to know.
G  
They took me off the Georgia Main,
C                                                                 G  
Locked me to a ball and chain.
G                                                    D                         G  
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
         D  G  
G  
All alone I bear the shame,
C                                                      G  
I'm a number, not a name.
G                                                 D                            G  
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
G  
All I do is sit an' cry
C                                                                         G  
When the evenin' train goes by.
G                                              D                              G  
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
C  
I'll be locked here in this cell
                                                  G  
Till my body's just a shell
                                                                                     D  
An' my hair turns whiter than snow.
G  
I'll never see that gal of mine.
C                                                                         G  
Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time.
G                                                 D                              G  
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.