Nine Hundred Miles

by Woody Guthrie · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

-3" 4   5  5    -4   4     5
I-- am walkin' down this track
 -3"  4    5   -4 4   -3"  
I've got tears in my eyes
-6    -6   -6  -6  6  5 -4   5   6   -6
I'm tryin' to read a letter from my home
 5  5    6    -6    -6  6    5
An' if  this train runs me right
 -4  4   5    5 -4  4  -3"
I'll be home Saturday night
  -3"   4   5    -4  4   -4   5 -4 4   -3" 
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
-3" -3" -3  -3  -3
Lord I hate to hear
 -3   -3  -3   4  -3   -3"
that lonesome whistle blow


This train I ride on
is a hundred coaches long
Well, you can hear her whistle blow
a million miles
An' if  this train runs me right
I'll see my woman on saturday night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
Lord I hate to hear
that lonesome whistle blow

I will pawn you my wagon
And I will pawn you my team
I will pawn you my watch and my chain
An' if  this train runs me right
I'll be home Saturday night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
Lord I hate to hear
that lonesome whistle blow
That long lonesome train whistlin' down

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