Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow guitar chord

Johnny Cash - I heard that lonesome whistle blow

Capo on fret #3

Intro: G D G

G

I was ridin' Number Nine,

C G

Headin' south from Caroline.

G D G

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

G

Got in trouble, had to roam,

C G

Left my gal an' left my home.

G D G

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

C

Just a kid, actin' smart,

G

I went and broke my darling's heart,

D

I guess I was too young to know.

G

They took me off the Georgia Main,

C G

Locked me to a ball and chain.

G D G

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

Intro /G D G/

G

All alone I bear the shame,

C G

I'm a number, not a name.

G D G

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

G

All I do is sit an' cry

C G

When the evenin' train goes by.

G D G

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

C

I'll be locked here in this cell

G

Till my body's just a shell

D

An' my hair turns whiter than snow.

G

I'll never see that gal of mine.

C G

Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time.

G D G

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.