G Oh, listen to the train coming down the line, C trying to make up all of her lost time, G D G G7 C G C G D G from Buffalo to Washington. G You can wash my jumper starch my overalls, C catch the train they call the Cannonball, G D G G7 C G C G D G from Buffalo to Washington: G My baby's left me, she even took my shoes, C enough to give a man these doggone worried blues, G D G G7 C G C G D G she's gone, she's solid gone. G Yonder comes the train coming down the track, C carry me away, but it ain't gonna carry me back, G D G G7 C G C G D G my honey babe, my blue eyed babe. G I'm going up north, I'm going up north this fall, C if luck don't change I won't be back at all, G D G G7 C G C G D G my honey babe, I'm leaving you.