Standard (EADGBE)

Down the track this morning she did stroll

In an accident her foot got caught in a hole

I’m going to tell you the truth

Die for a touch of that cold hand

I’d be crying every time the Southern makes it’s run

I’m going to buy them all

Cigarettes and chewing tobacco when I can

Trials and troubles are heavy for me

She’s a ramblin’ gal bound to leave her home

I begged my brown skin please don’t leave me alone

I’m going to make amends

Bound to cry to touch her hand

I’m going to ride that line ‘till I see that black train come

I’m going to buy them all

Cigarettes and chewing tobacco when I can

Trials and troubles are heavy for me

Now people that Southern Pacific make her run

From Chapel Hill to the state of Washington

Round the bend at 40 miles

20 tons of loaded frieght a-comin' on

Florscheim’s stuck and it won’t come out my good gal’s dead and gone

I’m going to buy them all

Cigarettes and chewing tobacco when I can

Trials and troubles are heavy for me

Trials and troubles are heavy for me