G              G7
Come along, my dear
     C               G
the time is growin' near.
               Em                  A             D      D7
We'll have to walk down where the field is over grown.
    G                      G7
Consumption's claimed his life
        C                 G
and we dare not miss the sight
            Em             D              G
Of the the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home.


[Verse 2]
          G             G7
Well, we had some hard times
       C        G
these last few years,
          Em          A                 D     D7
Lost the farm almost lost our spirits, too.
          G                    G7
Yeah, but it's the strangest thing
          C              G
when we heard that man sing,
        Em       D                 G
Oh, we knew somehow we'd make it through.


[Chorus]
       C                 C7
I can hear that whistle blow
          G
that old train's a-movin' slow.
                   A             A7                D       D7
Sounds like it's cryin' for the singin' brakeman, too.
             G                G7
Back to the sunny south he'll go
           C             G
and he'll never roam no more
            Em                 D                  G
Here's the train, oh hold me close, oh sweetheart do


[Instrumental Verse]
G    G7    C    G7
Em    A    D    D7
G    G7    C    G7
Em    D    G


[Verse 3]
      G               G7
Come here, my little son
     C               G
and let me hold you up.
      Em        A                   D      D7
Want you to remember when you are grown,
          G             G7
How your mama and your dad
          C           G
were so proud and so sad
               Em             D             G
Watchin' the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home.


[Chorus]
       C                 C7
I can hear that whistle blow
          G
that old train's a-movin' slow.
                   A             A7                D       D7
Sounds like it's cryin' for the singin' brakeman, too.
             G                G7
Back to the sunny south he'll go
           C             G
and he'll never roam no more
            Em                 D                  G
Here's the train, oh hold me close, oh sweetheart do


[Outro]
       Em      D       G
Oh-de-loh, de-loh, de-loh (yodel)