Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle: chords

B                                  E              B
I was ridin' Number Nine, headin' south from Caroline.
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I heard that lone - some whistle blow.
                                          E              B
I got in trouble, had to roam. I left my gal; I left my home.
                  F#               B
I heard that lone - some whistle blow.

Chorus:
        E                             B
Just a kid actin' smart, I went and broke my darlin's heart.
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I guess I was too young to know.
             B                               E              B
They took me off in Georgia main, locked me to a ball and chain.
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I heard that lone - some whistle blow.

All alone I bear the shame. I'm a number, not a name.
I heard that lone - some whistle blow.
All I do is sit and cry when that ev'ning train goes by.
I heard that lone - some whistle blow.

Chorus:
I'll be locked here in this cell till my body's just a shell,
And my hair turns whiter than snow.
I'll never see that gal of mine. I'm in Georgia, doin' time.
I heard that lone - some whistle blow.