G C D G C D Em C D G

[Verse 1]
G         D               G
She was a beautiful young bride
C                 D      G
Dying to be there by his side
C             D   Em
Left Virginia far behind
C       D       G
Just to be with him

[Verse 2]
G       D           G
She was Kansas City Bound
C                   D       G
When she heard that whistle sound
C                   D      Em
She didn’t turn and look around
C       D     G
She was solid gone

[Chorus]
D   Bm7  C       G
Lonesome Leaving Train
D  Bm7   C           G
Rollin' through the rain
D          Bm7  C      G
Just a suitcase to her name
     Em   G   C  D    G
On a lonesome leavin' train

[Verse 3]
   G                D       G
It took two days to get her there
C                D         G
But the platform lay there bare
C                     D  Em
She couldn’t find him anywhere
C       D     G
She was all alone

[Verse 4]
    G                 D        G
She couldn’t stand to bear the pain
C                  D       G
Could only find herself to blame
C                D        Em
No way of living with the pain
C            D       G
And turn and go back home

[Chorus]
D   Bm7  C       G
Lonesome Leaving Train
D  Bm7   C           G
Rollin' through the rain
D          Bm7  C      G
Just a suitcase to her name
     Em   G   C  D    G
On a lonesome leavin' train

[Verse 5]
   G               D     G
Nowhere to go nowhere to run
C                      D       G
She pawned the ring to buy the gun
C                    D     Em
Did what she thought to be done
C              D   G
She died there all alone

[Verse 6]
   G                 D       G
They say sometimes a form is seen
C               D   G
Of a woman lost in dream
C                     D  Em
Who rides from Kansas to Virginia
C      D   G
Round about midnight

[Chorus]
D   Bm7  C       G
Lonesome Leaving Train
D  Bm7   C           G
Rollin' through the rain
D          Bm7  C      G
Just a suitcase to her name
     Em   G   C  D    G
On a lonesome leavin' train

[Verse 7]
G         D               G
She was a beautiful young bride
C                 D      G
Bound to be there by his side
C             D   Em
Left Virginia far behind
C       D       G
Just to be with him