Tom: E
[Chords]
D#/G E/G# B7/D# E B/F# A B7
E|--3----4----2------0---2-----0---2--|
B|--4----5----0------0---4-----2---0--|
G|--3----4----2------1---4-----2---2--|
D|--5----6----1------2---4-----2---1--|
A|-------------------2---------0---2--|
E|-------------------0----------------|
[Intro]
D#/G E/G# D#/G B7/D# E E/G# B/F# A E B7 E
[Verse 1]
E/G# B/F#
I woke up this morning
A
What you reckon was on my mind
E/G# B7 E B7 E
My brown told me to leave but I told her I just wasn't gwine
[Verse 2]
E/G# B/F#
Woke up soon this morning
A
When the clock was striking four
E/G# B7 E B7 E
All I get my baby crying daddy please don't go
[Verse 3]
E/G# B/F#
Show me the train
A
You call the Cannonball
E/G# B7 E B7 E
That's the train that don't stop here at all
[Verse 3]
E/G# B/F#
My momma told me
A
When I was quite a child
E/G# B7 E B7 E
That there's good times now but terrible after a while
[Instrumental]
E/G# A E B7 E B7 E
[Verse 5]
E/G# B/F#
If you ride the Seaboard
A
I ride the L & N
E/G# B7 E B7 E
Momma that's the train'll sure carry me in the wind
[Verse 6]
E/G# B/F#
My momma told me
A
When I was four years old
E/G# B7 E B7 E
You gonna be around a woman God bless your soul
[Verse 7]
E/G# B/F#
Lord a mean old fireman
A
A cruel old engineer
E B7 E
Took my good girl and left me standing here
[Verse 8]
E/G# B/F#
I'm gon' buy me a manger
A
I wanna carry it to the sky
E/G# B7 E B7 E
So I can see my baby when she comes passing by
[Verse 9]
E/G# B/F#
Well I took this brown skinned woman
A
From my best friend
E/G# B7 E B7 E
And that rascal got lucky and stole her back again
[Instrumental]
E/G# B/F# A E B7 E B7 E
E/G# A E B7 E B7 E
[Verse 10]
E/G# B/F#
I woke up this morning
A
Ah with the rising sun
E/G# B7 E B7 E
Said go away day and let tomorrow come
[Instrumental]
E/G# B7/F# A E B7 E B7 E
[Verse 11]
E/G# B/F#
I sing my blues
A
And I sing 'em when I please
E/G# B7 E B7 E
I sing these blues to give my poor heart ease
[Verse 12]
E/G# B/F#
Some-time I feel like
A
I done throw it away
E/G# B7 E B7 E
Take this old guitar and whoop these blues all day
[Verse 13]
E/G# B/F#
You must get your basket brownie
A
And make it into them woods
E/G# B7 E B7 E
If you don't find old apple you must make blackberry good
