Key: G major
Intro 1
G
D
A
Am
C
G
D
Am
Verse 1
G
D
Ease up on the throttle,
Am
A
pull on the chain.
G
D
A
Am
I let the whistle moan out to the rain.
D
A
Am
I hope it stirs it up again.
G
D
The way his name has done
C
Am
since the Lord knows when
Em
D
The engine hums a song
C
D
of freedom
G
D
Daddy, hear my whistle,
Am
C
it's going through the rain
G
D
Daddy, do you even know
Am
C
your own son's name?
G
D
I hope he finds you
C
G
D
In your prison cell as I glide down
Am
C
G
D
A
Am
Em
G
D
these rails for home
Am
G
D
Mama wasn't more than a child
A
C
when she got your eye
G
D
You were much more than wild,
A
C
mad love, the killing kind
G
D
She hoped a touch could heal
A
C
that turmoil in your heart
G
D
But in the end your love of violence
Am
C
Am
tore the two of you apart
A
G
And I was born to fall,
Em
D
C
And now my whistle moans of freedom
G
D
Daddy, do you hear my whistle,
Am
C
it's going through the rain
G
D
Daddy, do you even know
Am
C
your own son's name
G
D
I hope it finds you
C
G
D
In your prison cell as I glide down
A
Am
C
G
D
Am
These rails for home
C
G
D
Am
C
These rails for home
Em
D
C
Em
Every trip I take past that old prison
C
Em
of your condition
C
Em
to cities far and wide
G
D
Am
C
Daddy, do you hear my whistle?
G
D
Am
C
Daddy, do you know my name?
G
D
Am
C
Daddy, does it sound like freedom?
G
D
Am
C
Passing you by again
G
D
Am
C
Daddy, do you hear my whistle?
G
D
A
Em
Daddy, do you know my name?
G
D
Am
C
Daddy, does it sound like freedom?
G
D
I've been passing you by
Am
Em
Passing you by again
G
D
Dada, do you hear my
A
Am
C
whistle?
G
D
Am
Dada, do you hear my whistle?
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