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: | GD GD | GDAsus2D |
Verse 1: DGD Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
DAD Blowing like it's gonna sweep my world away.
DGD I wanna stop at Carmangale and keep on going,
DAD That Duquesne train goin' rock me night and day.
Verse 2: GD You say I'm a gambler, you say I'm a pimp,
GA But I ain't neither one.
DGD Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
DAD Sounding like it's on a final run.
Bridge: | GD GD |
Verse 3: DGD Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
DAD Blowing like she never blowed before.
DGD Little light blinking', red light glowin',
DAD Blowing like she's at my chamber door.
Verse 4: AG You smiling through the fence at me,
GA Just like you always smiled before.
DGD Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
DAD Blowin' like she ain't gon' blow no more.
| GD GD | GDAsus2D |
Verse 5: DGD Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowin'?
DAD Blowin' like the sky's gonna blow apart.
DGD You're the only thing alive that keeps me going,
DAD You're like a time-bomb in my heart.
Verse 6: GD I can hear a sweet voice steadily calling,
GA Must be the Mother of our Lord.
DGD Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
DAD Blowing like my woman's on board.
Bridge: | GD GD |
Verse 7: DGD Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
DAD Blowing like it's goin' to blow my blues away.
DGD You old rascal, I know exactly where you're going,
DAD I'll lead you there myself at the break of day.
Verse 8: GD I wake up every morning with that woman in my bed,
GA Everybody telling me she's gone to my head.
DGD Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
DAD Blowin' like it's goin' to kill me dead.
| D A G D | G D A NC| (Sustain) | GD GD | GDAsus2D |
Verse 9: DGD Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowin'?
DAD Blowing through another no good town.
DGD The lights on my lady's land are glowing,
DAD I wonder if they'll know me next time 'round?
Verse 10: GD I wonder if that old oak tree's still standing?
GA That old oak tree, the one we used to climb.
DGD Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
DAD Blowing like she's blowin' right on time.
| GD GD | GDAsus2D | | GD GD | GDAsus2D | | GD GD | GDAsus2D | | GD GD | GDAsus2D | (Fade)
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