VERSE 1: 
 
G                                  C 
Well, you've done me wrong, but it won't be long, 
        G                D 
'Til my blues are out of sight. 
         G                    C 
And this old green rattler is ready to go, 
 G             D      G 
Rollin' out of town tonight. 
 
VERSE 2: 
 
G                          C 
See the steam and hear the whistle scream, 
          G                   D 
And we're up on the northern line. 
       G                   C  
Flyin' thirty-eight, never known to be late, 
         G        D       G 
Rock and rollin' along on time. 
 
 
CHORUS: 
 
    G                             C 
Oh, sling that coal and hear that engine roll, 
         G       G/F#    D 
Keep the signals clear tonight. 
       G                   C 
Women, wine and song, I've had you to long, 
      G       D       G 
Gonna lose my blues tonight.  
 
 
 
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VERSE: 
  
     G                      C 
I've been in town I've been foolin' around, 
    G          G/F#    D 
And spent some time in jail. 
      G                       C 
Gonna start again, don't know where or when, 
      G         D           G 
But tonight I'm changing my trail. 
 
 
VERSE: 
 
     G               C 
It's good to see the bushland free,  
    G        G/F#     D 
The moon and stars so bright. 
         G                 C 
And this old green rattler seems to know, 
         G         D     G 
That I'm losin' my blues tonight. 
 
CHORUS: 
 
    G                             C 
Oh, sling that coal and hear that engine roll, 
         G       G/F#    D 
Keep the signals clear tonight. 
        G                     C 
Let the smoke clouds fly, I'm sayin' goodbye, 
          G       D       G 
I'm Gonna lose my blues tonight. 
         G       D       G 
I'm Gonna lose my blues tonight.