Song Name: | Nine Hundred Miles | By: | Woody Guthrie |
Posted By: | chibluesteve | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | F | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2008-06-04 22:06:11 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | -3" 4 5 5 -4 4 5
I-- am walkin' down this track -3" 4 5 -4 4 -3" I've got tears in my eyes -6 -6 -6 -6 6 5 -4 5 6 -6 I'm tryin' to read a letter from my home 5 5 6 -6 -6 6 5 An' if this train runs me right -4 4 5 5 -4 4 -3" I'll be home Saturday night -3" 4 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3" 'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home -3" -3" -3 -3 -3 Lord I hate to hear -3 -3 -3 4 -3 -3" that lonesome whistle blow This train I ride on is a hundred coaches long Well, you can hear her whistle blow a million miles An' if this train runs me right I'll see my woman on saturday night 'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home Lord I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow I will pawn you my wagon And I will pawn you my team I will pawn you my watch and my chain An' if this train runs me right I'll be home Saturday night 'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home Lord I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow That long lonesome train whistlin' down |