The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #5883   Message #48321
Posted By: Roger in Baltimore
06-Dec-98 - 06:19 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Yodeling Songs
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: WAITING FOR A TRAIN (J Rodgers)^^
  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