Eddie Noack – Train Whistle Medley (Guitar)

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"Train Whistle Medley" - Eddie Noack (originally by Jimmie Rodgers) Track 4 of 12 on the album "Remembering Jimmie Rodgers" (1970) [Intro] B7 E [Verse 1]
E                                                   E7
Portland, Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee

A                                               E
Portland, Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee

B7                                                E
Any old place I hang my hat is home sweet home to me
[Verse 2]
     E                                                E7
Now, I can see a train coming down the railroad track

  A                                       E
I see that train coming down the railroad track

      B7                                     E     E7
And I love to hear the bark of that old smokestack
[Verse 3]
       A                                                         A7
When a woman gets the blues, she hangs her little head and cries

       D                                                   A
When a woman gets the blues, she hangs her little head and cries

           E7                                  A
But when a man gets blue, he grabs a train and flies
[Verse 4]
            A                                           A7
I'll eat my breakfast here and my dinner in New Orleans

            D                                      A
I'll eat my breakfast here, get my dinner in New Orleans

          E7                                 A    Bb  B
I'm gonna get me a mama, Lord, I ain't never seen
[Verse 5]
E                                                     E7
Let me be a sidetrack, Mama, 'til your mainline comes

A                                               E
Let me be a sidetrack, Mama, 'til your mainline comes

             B7                                        E
'cause I can do more switching than your mainline ever done
[Verse 6]
   E                                                 E7
If that's your mama, you better tie her to your side

   A                                            E
If that's your mama, you better tie her to your side (hey hey hey)

              B7                                     E
'cause if she flags my train, I'm sure gonna let her ride
[Verse 7]
          E                                                                          E7
I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here (I'm leaving you, honey)

          A                                             E
I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here

      B7                                       E
I may ride the blinds, I ain't got no railroad fare
[Outro] E B7 E