[Chords]
    D#/G  E/G# B7/D#  E   B/F#  A   B7
E|--3----4----2------0---2-----0---2--|
B|--4----5----0------0---4-----2---0--|
G|--3----4----2------1---4-----2---2--|
D|--5----6----1------2---4-----2---1--|
A|-------------------2---------0---2--|
E|-------------------0----------------|

[Intro]
 D#/G E/G# D#/G  B7/D# E E/G#  B/F#  A   E B7 E

[Verse 1]
       E/G#     B/F#
I woke up  this morning
         A
What you reckon was on my mind
   E/G#                                     B7         E      B7 E
My brown told me to leave but I told her I just wasn't gwine

[Verse 2]
        E/G#      B/F#
Woke up soon this morning
         A
When the clock was striking four
      E/G#                     B7           E  B7 E
All I get my baby crying daddy please don't go

[Verse 3]
     E/G#   B/F#
Show me the train
    A
You call the Cannonball
E/G#                   B7                E  B7  E
That's the train that don't stop here at all

[Verse 3]
   E/G#  B/F#
My momma told me
     A
When I was quite a child
     E/G#                       B7               E    B7 E
That there's good times now but terrible after a while

[Instrumental]
E/G#  A E B7 E B7 E

[Verse 5]
        E/G#    B/F#
If you ride the Seaboard
   A
I ride the L & N
E/G#                           B7              E    B7 E
Momma that's the train'll sure carry me in the wind

[Verse 6]
   E/G#      B/F#
My momma told me
     A
When I was four years old
    E/G#              B7                   E    B7 E
You gonna be around a woman God bless your soul

[Verse 7]
       E/G#     B/F#
Lord a mean old fireman
  A
A cruel old engineer
E                     B7               E
Took my good girl and left me standing here

[Verse 8]
         E/G#     B/F#
I'm gon' buy me a manger
A
I wanna carry it to the sky
   E/G#                    B7               E   B7 E
So I can see my baby when she comes passing by

[Verse 9]
       E/G#      B/F#
Well I took this brown skinned woman
A
From my best friend
   E/G#                       B7             E    B7 E
And that rascal got lucky and stole her back again

[Instrumental]
E/G#  B/F#  A  E  B7  E B7  E
E/G#  A     E  B7  E B7  E

[Verse 10]
        E/G#      B/F#
I woke up this morning
A
Ah with the rising sun
   E/G#              B7           E      B7 E
Said go away day and let tomorrow come

[Instrumental]
E/G# B7/F#  A E B7 E B7 E

[Verse 11]
  E/G#    B/F#
I sing my blues
A
And I sing 'em when I please
   E/G#               B7                 E    B7 E
I sing these blues to give my poor heart ease

[Verse 12]
     E/G#   B/F#
Some-time I feel like
A
I done throw it away
E/G#                     B7                E      B7 E
Take this old guitar and whoop these blues all day

[Verse 13]
        E/G#             B/F#
You must get your basket brownie
A
And make it into them woods
   E/G#                                     B7       E   B7 E
If you don't find old apple you must make blackberry good