C
I was riding number nine

        F              C
Heading south from Caroline

                  G7           C
I heard that lone-some whistle blow

 
Got in trouble had to roam

        F               C
Left my friends left my home

                  G7           C
I heard that lone-some whistle blow

 
       F
Just a kid acting smart

           C
I went and broke my darlings heart

                           G7
I guess I was too young to know

             C
They took me off the Georgia Main

          F             C
Locked me to a ball and chain

                  G7           C
I heard that lone-some whistle blow

 
 
All alone I bear the shame

      F            C
I'm a number not a name

                  G7           C
I heard that lone-some whistle blow

 
All I do is sit and cry

         F                  C
When the evening train goes by

                  G7           C
I heard that lone-some whistle blow

 
        F
I'll be locked here in this cell

      C
Until my body's just a shell

                              G7
And my hair turns whiter than snow

           C
I'll never see that gal of mine

            F             C
Lord I'm in Georgia doing time

                  G7           C
I heard that lone-some whistle blow