D4(no5)=X,X,0,0,3,3
Intro: D4(no5) Cadd9 A7/4 D X2
D4(no5)
Said I want to live the city life
Cadd9
This small town could eat me alive
A7/4 D
I gotta pack my things and go where the railroad takes me
D4(no5)
Mama's too poor to send me away
Cadd9
But I've been saving up on most everyday
A7/4 D
Little bit out of each check from the Gas & Deli
D4(no5) Cadd9 A7/4
And the whistle keeps on blowing
D
And the train keeps on rolling
And he said
D4(no5) Cadd9
I ain't never been to New York City
A7/4 D
I ain't seen the San Francisco Bay
D4(no5) Cadd9
I ain't never tried my hand in Vegas
A7/4
But you bet your bottom dollar
D D4(no5)
That's where I'm going the day after today
D4(no5)
So he locked the door and he killed the lights
Cadd9
Took a six pack to get him through the night
A7/4 D
Didn't have a plan just a good sense of direction
D4(no5)
And Maybelline, his beauty queen
Cadd9
She cried all night cause the sheet were clean
A7/4 D
But he left her a lovers' note there apologizing
D4(no5) Cadd9 A7/4
He said I hear the whistle blowing
D
Gotta catch it the train is rolling
CHORUS
D4(no5)
The air is thick on the concrete isle
Cadd9
Ain't nothing green for like twenty miles
A7/4 D
And he ain't use to the sun and moon a hiding
D4(no5)
So he took his foot from out his mouth
Cadd9
And he packed his things and went back down south
A7/4 D
But Maybelline said "Babe my time's arising."
D4(no5) Cadd9 A7/4
Said I hear the whistle blowing
D
Gotta catch it the train is rolling
And she said
D4(no5) Cadd9
I ain't never been to New York City
A7/4 D
I ain't seen the San Francisco Bay
D4(no5) Cadd9
I ain't never tried my hand in Vegas
A7/4 D
I never seen the L.A lights shine bright
G
Bright, brighter than your smile was ever
Cadd9
Brighter than my desire was ever
A7/4 D
Longer burning than our love was ever...ohhhhh
CHORUS