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