Johnny Cash – I Heard That Lonesome Whistle (Guitar)

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I was ridin' Number Nine, headin' south from Caroline.

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I heard that lone - some whistle blow.

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I got in trouble, had to roam. I left my gal; I left my home.

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I heard that lone - some whistle blow.

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Just a kid actin' smart, I went and broke my darlin's heart.

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I guess I was too young to know.

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They took me off in Georgia main, locked me to a ball and chain.

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I heard that lone - some whistle blow.

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All alone I bear the shame. I'm a number, not a name.

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I heard that lone - some whistle blow.

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All I do is sit and cry when that ev'ning train goes by.

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I heard that lone - some whistle blow.

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I'll be locked here in this cell till my body's just a shell,

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And my hair turns whiter than snow.

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I'll never see that gal of mine. I'm in Georgia, doin' time.

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I heard that lone - some whistle blow.