G                 G7            C                   G
    Come along my      dear the     time is growing    near
               Em                          A7                 D         D7
I want you to      walk down to where the      field is over     grown     
 G                             G7               C                     G
    Consumption's claimed his      life and we     dare not miss the     sight
        Em                  D         D7                G
Of the      train carrying     Jimmie     Rodgers home    


[Verse 2]
 G                       G7               C                  G
    We've had some hard      times these     last few years    
          Em                 A7                     D       D7
Lost our      farm - almost      lost our spirits,     too     
     G                      G7                 C                      G
But     it's the strangest      thing when we     hear that brakeman     sing
    Em                  D            D7           G
we      knew that some     how we'd      made it     through.


[Chorus]
       C
I can     hear that whistle blow
          G
That old     train is rollin' slow
                 Em                  A7                    D       D7
Sounds like its      crying for the      singing brakeman     too     
             G                     G7                C                 G
Down to the     sunny south he'll      go and he'll     never roam no     more
                Em                    D            D7                  G
Here comes the      train oh hold me     close oh      sweetheart, do    


[Verse 3]
 G                  G7           C                      G
    Come my little      son and     let me hold you up    
               Em                 A7                    D         D7
I want you to      remember this      day when you are     grown     
          G                 G7               C                G
How your     mama and your      dad were so     proud and so     sad
              Em                  D         D7                G
Watching the      train carrying     Jimmie     Rodgers home    
                Em                  D         D7                G
There goes the      train carrying     Jimmie     Rodgers home    


[Outro]
C  G  D  D7  G
(Yodel away here...)