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“Hear That Whistle Cry”
Kerosene Halo
Written by Phil Madeira and Derri Daugherty
[Verse]
GSaid I wasn’t Dcoming back
CMeant every word I Dsaid
GSometimes life is a Done-way track
CPut your dreams to Dbed
EmNever thought I’d be D/F#missing you
GBut I keep G/Basking Cwhy
I Gfeel so lonely when I Dhear that whistle Ccry
[Verse]
GAmarillo was Dgood to me
CDidn’t know that Dthen
GFound a little place here in DTennessee
CI’ve got a lot of Dfriends
EmSometimes at night when I’m D/F#trying to sleep
GI hear a G/Btrain go Cby
And I Gfeel so lonely when I Dhear that whistle Ccry
[Bridge]
BbGoing west was the Amlast thing on my Gmind
BbMore or less I Amleft it all behDind . . . till that whistle 
GwhinesD  C  D  
G     D    C    D
EmJust when old memories D/F#start to find
GAnother G/Btrain rolls Cby
I Gstill get lonely when I Dhear that whistle Ccry
I Gstill get lonely when I Dhear that whistle Ccry
[Solo]
    G      D      C    D(repeat)

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Hear That Whistle Cry

by Kerosene Halo

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D/F#

G/B

“Hear That Whistle Cry”

Kerosene Halo

Written by Phil Madeira and Derri Daugherty

[Verse]

G D

Said I wasn’t coming back

C D

Meant every word I said

G D

Sometimes life is a one-way track

C D

Put your dreams to bed

Em D/F#

Never thought I’d be missing you

G G/B C

But I keep asking why

G D C

I feel so lonely when I hear that whistle cry

[Verse]

G D

Amarillo was good to me

C D

Didn’t know that then

G D

Found a little place here in Tennessee

C D

I’ve got a lot of friends

Em D/F#

Sometimes at night when I’m trying to sleep

G G/B C

I hear a train go by

G D C

And I feel so lonely when I hear that whistle cry

[Bridge]

Bb Am G

Going west was the last thing on my mind

Bb Am D

More or less I left it all behind . . . till that whistle

G D C D

whines

G D C D

Em D/F#

Just when old memories start to find

G G/B C

Another train rolls by

G D C

I still get lonely when I hear that whistle cry

G D C

I still get lonely when I hear that whistle cry

[Solo]

G D C D

(repeat)

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