D4(no5)=X,X,0,0,3,3
 

Intro: D4(no5) Cadd9 A7/4 D  X2 

D4(no5) 
Said I want to live the city life  
Cadd9 
This small town could eat me alive  
A7/4                                               D 
I gotta pack my things and go where the railroad takes me  
D4(no5) 
Mama's too poor to send me away  
               Cadd9 
But I've been saving up on most everyday  
A7/4                                         D 
Little bit out of each check from the Gas & Deli  


D4(no5)    Cadd9                A7/4
And the whistle keeps on blowing  
          D 
And the train keeps on rolling  




[Refrão]
And he said  
D4(no5)                 Cadd9  
I ain't never been to New York City  
A7/4                       D 
I ain't seen the San Francisco Bay  
D4(no5)                  Cadd9 
I ain't never tried my hand in Vegas  
        A7/4
But you bet your bottom dollar  
                            D           D4(no5)
That's where I'm going the day after today  


       D4(no5) 
So he locked the door and he killed the lights  
       Cadd9 
Took a six pack to get him through the night  
       A7/4                                D 
Didn't have a plan just a good sense of direction  
     D4(no5) 
And Maybelline, his beauty queen  
     Cadd9 
She cried all night cause the sheet were clean  
       A7/4                                 D 
But he left her a lovers' note there apologizing  


D4(no5)     Cadd9                 A7/4
He said I hear the whistle blowing  
       D      
Gotta catch it the train is rolling  


CHORUS 

D4(no5) 
The air is thick on the concrete isle  
      Cadd9 
Ain't nothing green for like twenty miles  
     A7/4                                D 
And he ain't use to the sun and moon a hiding  
      D4(no5) 
So he took his foot from out his mouth  
        Cadd9 
And he packed his things and went back down south  
     A7/4                              D 
But Maybelline said "Babe my time's arising."  


D4(no5)  Cadd9                 A7/4
Said I hear the whistle blowing  
        D 
Gotta catch it the train is rolling  



And she said  
D4(no5)                 Cadd9 
I ain't never been to New York City  
A7/4                       D 
I ain't seen the San Francisco Bay  
D4(no5)                  Cadd9 
I ain't never tried my hand in Vegas  
 A7/4                               D 
I never seen the L.A lights shine bright  
         G 
Bright, brighter than your smile was ever  
Cadd9 
Brighter than my desire was ever  
A7/4                                    D 
Longer burning than our love was ever...ohhhhh  


CHORUS