Key: F# minor•
Verse 1
lie awake and wait.
Wish the railroad didn't run so near,
'Cause the rattle and clatter of that old fast freight
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F#
keeps a- makin' music in my ear.
Verse 2
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[Chorus]
E
F#
Hear the whistle blow. Hear the whistle blow.
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Clickety clack, clickety clack.
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F#m
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Well, if you go, you can't come back. If you go,
you can't come back.
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If you go, you can't come back.
Verse 3
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F#m
Well, I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I use to be,
work as hard as any man in town.
I got a purty gal. She thinks
the world of me.
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Man would be a fool to let her down. Go bum again. Go
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bum again. Ooh
Interlude 1
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E
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Verse 4
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[Chorus]
So every night I listen,
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wonder if it's late.
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F#m
on that train.
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F#m
I feel my pulse a- beatin' with that old fast freight
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and thank the Lord I'm just a bum again.
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Go bum again. Go bum
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again. Ooh
Outro 1
[Chorus]
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E
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F#m
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ChordsF#m C# F# E
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