WAITING FOR A TRAIN words and music by Jimmie Rodgers 1929 F C7 F F7 All Around the Water Tank Bb Bbm F Waiting For a Train Bb F Dm A thousand Miles Away From Home G7 C7 Sleeping in the Rain F C7 F I walked Up to a brakeman F7 Bb Bbm F To Give Him A Line of Talk Bb F He says "If you've got Money G7 C7 F I'll see that you don't walk" C7 F I haven't got a nickel F7 Bb A7 Not a penny can I show Bb F He said Get off you Railroad Bum G7 C7 F And he slammed the box car door (yodel) F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F He put me off in Texas F7 Bb Bbm F A place I surely love Bb F Wide open spaces 'round me G7 C7 The Moon and Stars above F C7 F Nobody seems to want me F7 Bb Bbm F or Lend me a helping Hand Bb F I'm On my Way from Frisco G7 C7 F Goin back to Dixieland C7 F My pocket book is empty F7 Bb A7 And my heart is filled with pain Bb F I'm a thousand Miles away from home G7 C7 F Just Waiting for a train (yodel) F C7 F C7 F