Capo on fret #3
Intro:
I was ridin Number Nine,
Headin south from Caroline.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
Got in trouble, had to roam,
Left my gal an left my home.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
Just a kid, actin smart,
I went and broke my darling s heart,
I guess I was too young to know.
They took me off the Georgia Main,
Locked me to a ball and chain.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
Intro /
All alone I bear the shame,
I m a number, not a name.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
All I do is sit an cry
When the evenin train goes by.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
I ll be locked here in this cell
Till my body s just a shell
An my hair turns whiter than snow.
I ll never see that gal of mine.
Lord, I m in Georgia doin time.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.