Key: B
Introduction: A A E7 A
E7 A D A
All around the water tank, waiting for a train
D A F#7 B7 E7
A thousand miles away from home, sleepin' in the rain
A E7 A7 D A
I walked up to a brakeman, gave him a line of talk
D A F#7 B7 E
He said if you've got money boy, I'll see that you don't walk
A E7 A7 D A
I haven't got a nickel, not a penny can I show
D A F#7 B7 E7 A
Get off, get off, you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door
A E7 A D A
He put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love
D A B7 E
The wide open spaces all around me, the moon and stars up above
A E7 A D A
Nobody seems to want me, or lend me a helping hand
D A B7 E7
I'm on my way from Frisco, going back to Dixie Land
A E A D A
Though my pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain
D A F#7 B7 E7 A
I'm a thousand miles away from home, just waiting for a train