Ricky Nelson – Lonesome Whistle Blow (Guitar)

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I was ridin' Number Nine

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Headin' south from Caroline

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I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

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I got in trouble, I had to roam

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Left my gal and left my home

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I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

       D
Just a kid actin' smart

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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 the Georgia Main

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Locked me to a ball and chain

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I heard that lonesome whistle blow

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All alone I bear the shame

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I'm a number, not a name

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I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

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All I do is sit and cry

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When that evening train goes by

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I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

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I'll be locked here in this cell

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'Til 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

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I'm in Georgia doing time

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I heard that lonesome whistle blow.