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Version 1[Intro] | D | D | A7 | D | [Verse 1] G D All'der 'round the water tank, waitin' for a train G D E A7 A thousand miles away from home, sleepin' in the rain [Verse 2] D G D I walked up to a brakeman, to give him a line of talk G D E7 A7 He said if you've got money, I'll see that you don't walk [Verse 3] D G D I haven't got a nickel, not a penny can I show G D B7 E A7 D Get off, get off, you railroad bum, he slammed the boxcar door [Interlude] | D | D | G7 | G D | | G | D | E7 | A7 | | D | D | G | D | | G | D Bm | E A7 | D | | D | A7 | D | D | [Verse 4] G D Well, he put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love G D E7 A The wide open spaces all around me, the moon and stars up above [Verse 5] D G D Nobody seems to want me, or lend me a helpin' hand G D E E7 A I'm on my way from Frisco, goin' back to Dixie Land [Verse 6] D G D My pocketbook is empty, my heart is full of pain G B7 Em A D I'm a thousand miles away from home, waitin' for a train [Outro] | D | A | D | D |