Tabbed by Tim Lyons

Capo on 4th fret. Throw in some nice ol' country hammer ons and bass note walks to 
spice things up.

  

             
I never did ha

              
ve that fast t

             
rain to take m

           
e down the lin

e
             
Or smelled the

              
 smoke from a 

              
hot coal as th

        
e engine fired
             
If I could ask

              
 that engineer

         ---(
 for one more 

  
mile and then 

--& 
I’ll go
             
Just let the w

              
histle wail an

            
d take it in s

low

             
Take me back t

              
o the railroad

             
 track and the

           
 sounds inside

 my mind
             
Where rusty wh

              
eels and steel

              
 rails still w

        
hine
             
Where I can ho

              
p that 909 and

      ---( 
 go back in ti

 
me some time a

 
go
             
Just let the w

              
histle wail an

            
d take it in s

low

  
  
  
  

             
Park my horse 

              
and buggie by 

             
some old lazy 


creek
             
Take my car to

              
 the graveyard

             
 and dig a hol

    
e real deep
             
We’ll holler “

              
rest in peace”

     ---( 
 and weep, lay

 
 track on ever

 
y street
             
Let the whistl

              
e wail and giv

            
e the rail my 

soul to keep

             
Mr. engineer j

              
ust one more m

     ---( 
ile and then I

  
’ll go
             
Just let the w

              
histle wail an

            
d take it in s

low
             
Let the whistl

              
e wail and tak

            
e it in slow