Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:29:01 -0500
WAITING FOR A TRAIN
words and music by Jimmie Rodgers
1929
F C7 F F7
All Around the Water Tank
Bb Bbm F
Waiting For a Train
Bb F Dm
A thousand Miles Away From Home
G7 C7
Sleeping in the Rain
F C7 F
I walked Up to a brakeman
F7 Bb Bbm F
To Give Him A Line of Talk
Bb F
He says "If you've got Money
G7 C7 F
I'll see that you don't walk"
C7 F
I haven't got a nickel
F7 Bb A7
Not a penny can I show
Bb F
He said Get off you Railroad Bum
G7 C7 F
And he slammed the box car door
(yodel)
F C7 F C7 F
C7 F C7 F
He put me off in Texas
F7 Bb Bbm F
A place I surely love
Bb F
Wide open spaces 'round me
G7 C7
The Moon and Stars above
F C7 F
Nobody seems to want me
F7 Bb Bbm F
or Lend me a helping Hand
Bb F
I'm On my Way from Frisco
G7 C7 F
Goin back to Dixieland
C7 F
My pocket book is empty
F7 Bb A7
And my heart is filled with pain
Bb F
I'm a thousand Miles away from home
G7 C7 F
Just Waiting for a train
(yodel)
F C7 F C7 F
