Intro: G C G C G C 

G 
Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, one of these mornings, it won't be long 
                                                           D               G 
Captain's gonna call and I'll be gone, I'll be nine hundred miles away from home 

verse 1 
             G 
Well, you can count the days I'm gone, you can tell the train I'm on 
                        D                 G 
You can hear the whistle blow as she rolls by 
         C             G                    D                 G 
She rolls by, she rolls by, hear the whistle blow as she rolls by 

verse 2 
  G 
My olden shoes are worn, my olden clothes are torn 
                D               G 
And I hate to go home now this-a-way 
      C           G               D           C 
This-a-way, this-a-way, hate to go home this-a-way 

Instrumental 
G G G D G 
C G G D G 

verse 3 
           G 
Well, if my Mama she says so, I'll railroad no more 
                  D            G 
I'll side-track my train and go home 
      C            G                   D            C 
And go home, and go home, side-track my train and go home 

Instrumental 
G G G D G 
C G G D G 

verse 4 
    G 
If I die a Railroad Man, I want to be buried in the sand 
                     D              G 
So I can hear old No. 9 as she rolls by 
         C             G 
She rolls by, she rolls by 
            D             G  C  G  C  G  C    D  C  G 
Hear old No. 9 as she rolls by, oh yeah, yeah, ooooh