Blue Railroad Train

Delmore Brothers

Written by Lionel Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore

Key of C · Chords: I IV

Verse 1

C
Blue railroad train going down the railroad tracks
   F                                                        C
It makes me feel so doggone blue to listen to that old smokestack
Come back again let me hear the whistle blow
       F
You're taking the sun and leaving the rain
                      C
And I hate to see you go

Verse 2

Blue railroad train leaving me far behind
      F                                                 C
Gimme back the good old days and let me ramble down the line
Blue railroad train leaving me her alone
    F
You treat me good you treat me bad
                          C
You're making me think of home

Verse 3

I've got the blues I'm longing for your company
     F                                              C
It's many miles from where I am to the only one for me
It's lonely here waiting for the manifest
  F                                                  C
I hope that engineer is kind enough to let me be his guest

Verse 4

I'm not as bad as you might think I am
  F                                                 C
I hobo here I hobo there I've traveled these states around
Blue railroad train a good old pal to me
    F                                                  C
You take me where I want to go and my transportation's free