Waiting for a Train lyrics and chords

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Waiting for a Train

by Johnny Cash

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All around the water tank waitin' for a train

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A thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain

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I walked up to a brakeman just to give him a line of talk

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He said if you've got money I'll see that you don't walk

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Well I haven't got a nickel not a penny can I show

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He said get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door

G7      C      G7     C    C7  F      Fm     C

Well he put me off in Texas a place I dearly love

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The wide open spaces all around me the moon and stars above

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Nobody seems to want me nor to lend me a helping hand

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I'm on my way from Frisco headin' back to Dixie Land

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My pocketbook is empty my heart is willed with pain

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I'm a thousand miles away from home just waitin' for a train

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This old song goes way back to the man that started "real" country music, "The Singing Brakeman" Jimmie Rodgers. It has been recorded by many artists including Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Stonewall Jackson, Jim Reeves, the list goes on and on. It takes a little practice to get the timing down, but the chords are simple, just a lot of them. If you don't have a copy of the song, click on Pure Country Music. Copy Waiting for a Train lyrics and chords so you can began to practice this great classic.