Waiting For A Train Chords
Waiting For A Train by Jimmie Rodgers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, A7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
All around the water tank
C G
Waiting for a train
C G
A thousand miles away from home
A7 D
Sleeping in the rain
G
I walked up to a brakeman
C G
To give him a line of talk
C G
He says, "If you've got money
A7 D
I'll see that you don't walk."
G
I haven't got a nickel
C G
Not a penny can I show
C A7
He said, "Get off, you railroad bum."
C D G
He slammed the box car door
(yodel)
He put me off in Texas
A place I surely love
Wide open spaces 'round me
The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
Goin' back to Dixieland
My pocket book is empty
And my heart is filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train
(yodel)