verse 1 
G                      D 
I can hear the whistle blowing 
                     G 
High and lonesome as can be 
C                       G 
Tonight the rain is softly falling 
D                    G 
And its falling just for me 
 

[Refrão]
        D                        G 
Looking back along the road I've traveled 
    D                          G 
The miles could tell a million tales 
                C                 G 
Each year Lord, like some rolling freight train, 
   D                        G 
Is cold as starlight on the rails 

verse 2 
                          D 
I think about my home and family 
                               G 
My house and all the things it means 
    C                        G 
The black smoke trailing out behind me 
   D                       G 
Is like a string of broken dreams 


[Refrão]
        D                        G 
Looking back along the road I've traveled 
    D                          G 
The miles could tell a million tales 
                C                 G 
Each year Lord, like some rolling freight train, 
   D                        G 
Is cold as starlight on the rails 

Instrumental 
D-G-D-G-C-G-D-G

verse 3 
G                          D 
Now if you live out on the highway 
                                       G 
You're like some clock that can't tell time 
    C                      G 
And if you spend your life just rambling 
     D                     G 
Your like a song without a rhyme 


[Refrão]
        D                        G 
Looking back along the road I've traveled 
    D                          G 
The miles could tell a million tales 
                C                 G 
Each year Lord, like some rolling freight train, 
   D                              G 
Is cold, cold as starlight on the rails