Intro:  Am // G // F / E7 / (same throughout) 


[Refrão]
 
      Am            G     F         E7              Am 
  I'm going away my baby, I'm gonna leave you honey now 
       Am                          G                 
  That train passed by when you lay sleeping 
            F                       E7            Am 
  I'm gonna write you a letter on a dusty box car wall 

verse 1 
      Am                     G             F             E7     Am     
  the only two things that a gambler needs are a suitcase and a trunk 
      Am                  G          F           E7    Am        
  the only time that he is satisfied is when he's on a drunk 


[Refrão]

      Am            G     F         E7              Am 
  I'm going away my baby, I'm gonna leave you honey now 
       Am                          G                 
  That train passed by when you lay sleeping 
            F                       E7            Am 
  I'm gonna write you a letter on a dusty box car wall 

verse 2 
    Am                        G         F              E7        Am  
  I once loved a boy in Cincinnati, I loved a boy in sunny Tennessee 
    Am                                 G              F                E7             Am 
  A city boy will fill your heart with sadness, but a country boy's as good as he can be 


[Refrão]
 
      Am            G     F         E7              Am 
  I'm going away my baby, I'm gonna leave you honey now 
       Am                          G 
  That train passed by when you lay sleeping 
            F                       E7           Am 
  I'm gonna write you a letter on a dusty boxcar wall 
            F                       E7           Am       
  I'm gonna write you a letter on a dusty boxcar wall 
            F                       E7           Am  
  I'm gonna write you a letter on a dusty boxcar wall