Hank Williams - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Chords

Hank Williams - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle



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INTRO

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I was ridin' No. 9, headin' South from Caroline,
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
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I didn't trouble, had to roam, left my girl and left my home.
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

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Just a kid acting 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 this shame, 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 when the evenin' 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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Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time.
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow.