Williams/Davies
Recorded by Bob Dylan Apr 24, 1962 during the Freewheelin' sessions
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Capo 2nd fret (sounding key D major)
C
I was riding number 9,
F C
heading south from Carolina.
G C
I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.
Got in trouble, had to roam,
F C
left my girl, left my home.
G C
I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.
F
Just a kid, acting smart,
C
I went and broke my baby's heart.
D G
I guess I was too young to know.
C
They took me off that Georgia Main
F C
and locked me to a ball and chain.
G C
I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.
All I do is sit and cry
as the evening train goes by.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
I'll be locked here in this cell
till my body's just a shell
and my head turns whiter than snow.
I'll never see that girl of mine
'cos I'm in Georgia doing time.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
I'll be locked here in this cell
till my body's just a shell
and my head turns whiter than snow.
I'll never see that girl of mine
'cos I'm in Georgia doing time.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.