Chords
Lonesome Whistle

Key: C

Introduction:

C  
I was riding number nine
                     F                                    C  
Heading south from Caroline
                                                G7                            C  
I heard that lone-some whistle blow
Got in trouble had to roam
                     F                                      C  
Left my friends left my home
                                                G7                            C  
I heard that lone-some whistle blow
                  F  
Just a kid acting smart
                             C  
I went and broke my darlings heart
                                                                        G7  
I guess I was too young to know
                                  C  
They took me off the Georgia Main
                          F                                 C  
Locked me to a ball and chain
                                                G7                            C  
I heard that lone-some whistle blow
All alone I bear the shame
                F                              C  
I'm a number not a name
                                                G7                            C  
I heard that lone-some whistle blow
All I do is sit and cry
                        F                                              C  
When the evening train goes by
                                                G7                            C  
I heard that lone-some whistle blow
                     F  
I'll be locked here in this cell
                C  
Until my body's just a shell
                                                                                G7  
And my hair turns whiter than snow
                             C  
I'll never see that gal of mine
                                F                                 C  
Lord I'm in Georgia doing time
                                                G7                            C  
I heard that lone-some whistle blow