C D G

  G                                 C                G
I never did have that fast train to take me down the line
   D                                        G      G7
Or smelled the smoke from a hot coal as the engine fired
     C                              G ---(F# walk down)---> Em
If I could ask that engineer for one more mile and then I’ll go
             C                D          G
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow

  G                                 C                G
Take me back to the railroad track and the sounds inside my mind
   D                                        G      G7
Where rusty wheels and steel rails still whine
  C                              G ---(F# walk down)---> Em
Where I can hop that 909 and go back in time some time ago
             C                D          G
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow

G C G
D G G7
C G Em
C D G

  G                         C             G
Park my horse and buggie by some old lazy creek
   D                                   G      G7
Take my car to the graveyard and dig a hole real deep
 C                              G ---(F# walk down)---> Em
We’ll holler “rest in peace” and weep, lay track on every street
             C                D          G
Let the whistle wail and give the rail my soul to keep

 C                              G ---(F# walk down)---> Em
Mr. engineer just one more mile and then I’ll go
             C                D          G
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow
             C                D          G
Let the whistle wail and take it in slow