Jimmie Rodgers – Train Whistle Blues (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

[Intro]
| A E | A | A E | A |
         (yodel)
[Verse 1]
       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       A
But when a man gets blues, he grabs him a train and rides
[Break]
| A | A | A | E A |
Woohoo woohoo
[Verse 2]
      A                        A7
Every time I see that lonesome railroad train

      D                                 A
Every time I see that lonesome railroad train

   E7                              A      A E A
It makes me wish I was goin' home again  (yodel)
[Verse 3]
              A7                       A
Look a yonder coming, coming down that railroad track

       D                                        A
Look a yonder coming, coming down that railroad track

         E                                                A       A
With the black smoke rolling, rolling from that old smoke stack
[Break]
| A | A | A | E A |
Woohoo woohoo
[Verse 4]
          A                                        A7
I got the blues so bad, till the whole round world looks blue

          D                                                   A
I got the blues so bad, till the whole round world looks blue-ue-ue

  E7                                     A    A E A
I ain't got a dime, I don't know what to do  (yodel)
[Verse 5]
    A                          A7
I'm weary now, I want to leave this town

    D                                  A
I'm weary now and I want to leave this town

  E7                                      A       A
I can't find a job, I'm tired of hanging around
[Outro]
| A | A | A | E A |
Woohoo woohoo

| A | A | A |
  (yodel)