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GUEST,The Og Song Info: 'Waiting For A Train' (22) RE: Song Info: 'Waiting For A Train' 20 Feb 23


These chords get out-of-line when I post, but lets try...

Waiting for a Train (D) words and music by Jimmie Rodgers (1929)

1                5             1                  4                     1
All          a-round the water tank, waiting for a   train,
He put me off in       Texas, a      place I surely love,

   4                                     1                6m
A thousand miles          a-way from    home,
   Wide open spaces all a-round me,

       2                           5
       Sleeping in the    rain.
The moon and stars a-bove.

1                5             1                     4                           1
I walked up to a          brakeman, to give him a line of talk,
Nobody       seems to want me, or lend me a helping hand,

    4                              1                   2                            5
He says "If you've got money, I’ll   see that you don't walk.”
I'm on my way from    Frisco, goin’ back to Dixie.      -land.

          1             5      1                        4                         3
Well, I haven't got a nickel, not a    penny can I         show,
My    pocket book is empty, and my heart is filled with pain,

       4                            1             6m
He    said “Get off you railroad    bum,”
I'm a thousand miles a-way from home,

             2                   5          1
And he slammed the box car door. (Yodel)
Just      waiting          for a      train. (Yodel)


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