Hank Williams – I Heard That Lonesome Whistle (Ukulele)

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Chords

C
I was ridin' Number Nine,

        F                  C
Headin' south from Caroline.

                 G7               C
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

Got in trouble, had to roam,

        F                 C
Left my gal an' left my home.

                 G7              C
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

F
Just a kid, actin' smart,

            C
I went and broke my darling's heart,

G7
I guess I was too young to know.

C
They took me off the Georgia Main,

          F                 C
Locked me to a ball and chain.

                 G7               C
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

C
All alone I bear the shame,

       F                C
I'm a number, not a name.

                G7               C
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

All I do is set [sic] an' cry

           F                  C
When the evenin' train goes by.

                 G7               C
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

F
I'll be locked here in this cell

        C
Till my body's just a shell

       G7
An' my hair turns whiter than snow.

C
I'll never see that gal of mine.

             F                 C
Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time.

                 G7
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.