Capo 3 
    
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I was ridin' No 9 headin' south from Caroline 
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I heard that lone-wow-wow-some whistle blow 
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I got in trouble had to roam left my gal and left my home 
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I heard that lone-wow-wow-some whistle blow 
 
 
Chorus 1: 
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Just a kid actin' smart I went and broke my darling's heart 
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I guess I was too young to know 
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They took me off to Georgia Main they locked me to a ball and chain 
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I heard that lone-wow-wow-some whistle blow 
 
 
All I do is sit and cry when the evening train goes by 
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow 
All I do is bear the shame I'm a number not a name 
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow 
 
Chorus 2: 
I'll be locked here in this cell till my body's just a shell 
And my hair turns whiter than snow oh Lord 
I'll never see that gal of mine I'm in Georgia doing time 
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow 
 
I'll never see that gal of mine I'm in Georgia doing time 
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow