Waiting for a Train by Jimmie Rodgers (1928) Chords
Tempo:
75.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
All
[G]
[D] [G]
around the water [C] tanks, waiting [G] for a train, [C] a thousand miles [Em] away from [A] home, sleeping [D] in the rain.
[G] I walked up to a brakeman [C] to give him a [G] line of talk.
[C] He says, if [G] you've got money, [A] I'll say [D] you don't walk.
[G] I [D] haven't [G] got a nickel, [C] not a penny [G] can I show.
[C] Get off, get off, you railroad [A] bum, [D] he's limping by his [G] car door.
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
[A] [G] He put me off in Texas, [C] a state I [G] dearly love.
[C] The wide open [G] spaces all around me, [A] the moon and [D] stars up above.
Nobody seems [G] to want me, [C] or lend me a [G] helping hand.
[C] I'm on my [G] way from Frisco, [A] I'm going back to Texas [D]
land.
[G] Though [D] my [G] pocketbook is empty, [C] and my heart is [G] full of pain, [C] I'm a thousand miles [G] away from [A] home, just [D] waiting [G] for a train.
[G]
[D] [G]
around the water [C] tanks, waiting [G] for a train, [C] a thousand miles [Em] away from [A] home, sleeping [D] in the rain.
[G] I walked up to a brakeman [C] to give him a [G] line of talk.
[C] He says, if [G] you've got money, [A] I'll say [D] you don't walk.
[G] I [D] haven't [G] got a nickel, [C] not a penny [G] can I show.
[C] Get off, get off, you railroad [A] bum, [D] he's limping by his [G] car door.
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
[A] [G] He put me off in Texas, [C] a state I [G] dearly love.
[C] The wide open [G] spaces all around me, [A] the moon and [D] stars up above.
Nobody seems [G] to want me, [C] or lend me a [G] helping hand.
[C] I'm on my [G] way from Frisco, [A] I'm going back to Texas [D]
land.
[G] Though [D] my [G] pocketbook is empty, [C] and my heart is [G] full of pain, [C] I'm a thousand miles [G] away from [A] home, just [D] waiting [G] for a train.
Key:
G
C
D
A
Em
G
C
D
_ _ All _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
around the water [C] tanks, waiting [G] for a train, [C] a thousand miles [Em] away from [A] home, sleeping [D] in the rain.
[G] I walked up to a brakeman [C] to give him a [G] line of talk.
[C] He says, if [G] you've got money, [A] I'll say [D] you don't walk.
[G] I [D] haven't [G] got a nickel, [C] not a penny [G] can I show.
[C] Get off, get off, you railroad [A] bum, [D] he's limping by his [G] car door. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] He put me off in Texas, [C] a state I [G] dearly love.
[C] The wide open [G] spaces all around me, [A] the moon and [D] stars up above.
Nobody seems [G] to want me, [C] or lend me a [G] helping hand.
[C] I'm on my [G] way from Frisco, [A] I'm going back to Texas [D]
land.
[G] Though [D] my [G] pocketbook is empty, [C] and my heart is [G] full of pain, [C] I'm a thousand miles [G] away from [A] home, just [D] waiting [G] for a train. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
around the water [C] tanks, waiting [G] for a train, [C] a thousand miles [Em] away from [A] home, sleeping [D] in the rain.
[G] I walked up to a brakeman [C] to give him a [G] line of talk.
[C] He says, if [G] you've got money, [A] I'll say [D] you don't walk.
[G] I [D] haven't [G] got a nickel, [C] not a penny [G] can I show.
[C] Get off, get off, you railroad [A] bum, [D] he's limping by his [G] car door. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] He put me off in Texas, [C] a state I [G] dearly love.
[C] The wide open [G] spaces all around me, [A] the moon and [D] stars up above.
Nobody seems [G] to want me, [C] or lend me a [G] helping hand.
[C] I'm on my [G] way from Frisco, [A] I'm going back to Texas [D]
land.
[G] Though [D] my [G] pocketbook is empty, [C] and my heart is [G] full of pain, [C] I'm a thousand miles [G] away from [A] home, just [D] waiting [G] for a train. _ _
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