I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow

Capo on fret #3

Intro:


I was ridin Number Nine,

Headin south from Caroline.

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

Got in trouble, had to roam,

Left my gal an left my home.

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.



Just a kid, actin smart,

I went and broke my darling s heart,

I guess I was too young to know.

They took me off the Georgia Main,

Locked me to a ball and chain.

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.


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All alone I bear the shame,

I m a number, not a name.

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

All I do is sit an cry

When the evenin train goes by.

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.



I ll be locked here in this cell

Till my body s just a shell

An my hair turns whiter than snow.

I ll never see that gal of mine.

Lord, I m in Georgia doin time.

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.