E*              === X X X161716
F#*             === X X X181918
Eb*             === X X X151615
Db*             === X X X131513
B*              === X X X111211
A*              === X X X091009
D               === X X X020302
G               === 03020000003
A               === X0002020200
Asus2           === X0002020000
Aadd4           === X0000020200
D3add4          === X X X000302
| E* F#* E* Eb* Db* B*| 
B* C* B* E* |
| E* F#* E* Eb* Db* B*| 
B* C* B* E* |
| B* A*| B* E* |
| E* F#* E* Eb* Db* B*| 
B* C* B* E* |

Bridge:
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |

Verse 1:
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
D                 A                    D
Blowing like it's gonna sweep my world away.
D               G                      D
I wanna stop at Carmangale and keep on going,
D                   A                       D
That Duquesne train goin' rock me night and day.

Verse 2:
G                      D
You say I'm a gambler, you say I'm a pimp,
G           A
But I ain't neither one.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
D             A               D
Sounding like it's on a final run.

Bridge:
| G   D G   D |

Verse 3:
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
D                A            D
Blowing like she never blowed before.
D            G                    D
Little light blinking', red light glowin',
D            A           D
Blowing like she's at my chamber door.

Verse 4:
A                   G
You smiling through the fence at me,
G                    A
Just like you always smiled before.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
D                A               D
Blowin' like she ain't gon' blow no more.

| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |


Verse 5:
D                   G                D
Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowin'?
D            A               D
Blowin' like the sky's gonna blow apart.
D                     G                   D
You're the only thing alive that keeps me going,
D             A               D
You're like a time-bomb in my heart.

Verse 6:
G                                 D
I can hear a sweet voice steadily calling,
G                         A
Must be the Mother of our Lord.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
D            A             D
Blowing like my woman's on board.

Bridge:
| G   D G   D |


Verse 7:
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
D                 A                D
Blowing like it's goin' to blow my blues away.
D               G                    D
You old rascal, I know exactly where you're going,
D                   A                      D
I'll lead you there myself at the break of day.

Verse 8:
G                                 D
I wake up every morning with that woman in my bed,
G                          A
Everybody telling me she's gone to my head.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
D            A             D
Blowin' like it's goin' to kill me dead.

| D A G D | G D A NC| (Sustain)
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |

Verse 9:
D                   G                D
Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowin'?
D               A               D
Blowing through another no good town.
D                G               D
The lights on my lady's land are glowing,
D                   A                  D
I wonder if they'll know me next time 'round?

Verse 10:
G                               D
I wonder if that old oak tree's still standing?
G                             A
That old oak tree, the one we used to climb.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
D                  A                D
Blowing like she's blowin' right on time.

| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D | (Fade)

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