Bob Dylan – I Heard That Lonesome Whistle (Guitar)

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As recorded by Bob Dylan (1962 recording fom the 2025 Box Set THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 18 1956 - 1963) [Intro] D [Verse 1]
D
I was riding number nine

      G              D
Going south from Caroline

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I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[Verse 2]
D
I got in trouble had to roam

        G               D
Left my gal and left my home

               A              D
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[Chorus]
       G
Just a kid actin′ smart

           D
I went and broke my darling's heart

              E            A
I guess I was too young to know
[Verse 3]
             D
They took me off the Georgia main

          G             D
Locked me to a ball and chain

               A              D
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[Harmonica Solo] G D E A D G D A D [Verse 4]
D
All I do is sit and cry

       G                  D
As the evenin′ train goes by

               A              D
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[Chorus]
        G
I'll be locked here in this cell

        D
'Til my body′s just a shell

                  E           A
And my hair turns whiter than snow
[Verse 5]
           D
I′ll never see that gal of mine

              G             D
'Cause I′m in Georgia doin' time

               A              D
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[Chorus]
        G
I'll be locked here in this cell

        D
'Til my body′s just a shell

                  E           A  A7
And my hair turns whiter than snow
[Verse 6]
           D
I'll never see that gal of mine

              G             D
'Cause I′m in Georgia doin′ time

               A              D
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[Outro] D A D