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You could hear the whistle blow a hundred miles


                                                   Em
Oh you oughta been uptown and seen that train come down

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You could hear the whistle blow a hundred miles


A hundred miles a hundred miles

                          Em
A hundred miles a hundred miles

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You could hear the whistle blow a hundred miles


                                           Em
Oh I'm walking these ties with tears in my eyes

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I'm trying to read a letter from my home


From my home from my home

                     Em
From my home from my home

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I'm trying to read a letter from my home


                                                  Em
If this train runs right I'll be home by Saturday night

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I'm five hundred miles away from home


Away from home away from home

                         Em
Away from home away from home

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I'm five hundred miles away from home


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You could hear the whistle blow a hundred miles