G
Livin' & lovin' thats how those folks made their way
                                      G7
I always look forward to go home everyday
C                                                     G
Well i give a hundred dollars if i could be in their shoes
                          D                 G
Lord i'm so damn lonesome i got them low down blues

[Verse 2]
G
Everybodys got someone & i'm all alone
                                        G7
i got no phone number no one to call my own
     C                                                             G
And every night that lonsome whistle lets me know when a train goin' by
                         D                  G
Sometimes when i hear it i wanna lay down & die
                 D             G
Yooodelleheeeeee Yooodeloooooo Yooodelayeeeee

[Solo] 
G G  C G  G  D  G

[Verse 3]
G
Old worn out memories & a bottle of beer
                                       G7
Along with a lost love & a jug full of tears
       C                                               G
Lord i can hear that whistle whinin' when the hour is late
                                 D                       G
Lord the union pacific makes its way across the lone star state

[Verse 4]
G
Well this is my story i ain't a playin' around (i sure ain't)
                                          G7
I got an old trailer on the outskirts of town
              C                                  G
Well It just me & this here guitar & a bottle of booooze
                     D             G
Slappin' out rythmns & singin' the blues
G                 D               G
Yooodellayheeeohhh Railroad Blues