G
All around the water tank
C G
Waiting for a train
C G
A thousand miles away from home
A7 D
Sleeping in the rain
G
I walked up to a brakeman
C G
To give him a line of talk
C G
He says, "If you've got money
A7 D
I'll see that you don't walk."
G
I haven't got a nickel
C G
Not a penny can I show
C A7
He said, "Get off, you railroad bum."
C D G
He slammed the box car door
(yodel)
He put me off in Texas
A place I surely love
Wide open spaces 'round me
The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
Goin' back to Dixieland
My pocket book is empty
And my heart is filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train
