Billy Bragg – Lonesome Whistle (Guitar)

Capo 5
Key
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Chords

G D G [Verse 1]
G
I was ridin' Number Nine

      C              G
Goin' south from Caroline

                  D                G
I heard that lo-o-o-nesome whistle blow

         G
I got in trouble, had to roam

        C               G
Left my gal and left my home

                  D                G
I heard that lo-o-o-nesome whistle blow
[Verse 2]
       C
Just a kid actin' smart

           G
I went an' broke my darlin's heart

              A7           D7
I guess I was too young to know

             G
They took me off the Georgia Main

          C             G
Locked me to a ball and chain

                  D                G
I heard that lo-o-o-nesome whistle blow
[Instrumental] G D G [Verse 3]
G
All alone I bear the shame

      C            G
I'm a number not a name

                  D                G
I heard that lo-o-o-nesome whistle blow

      G
All I do is sit and cry

          C                  G
While the evenin' train goes by

                  D                G
I heard that lo-o-o-nesome whistle blow
[Verse 4]
G       C
I'll be locked here in this cell

        G
Till my body's just a shell

                  A7          D7
And my hair turns whiter than snow

           G
I'll never see that gal of mine

              C             G
'Cause I'm in Georgia doin' time

                  D                G
I heard that lo-o-o-nesome whistle blow
[Outro]
                  D                G
I heard that lo-o-o-nesome whistle blow

                  D                G
I heard that lo-o-o-nesome whistle blow