[1] I never was so [5] lonesome for my [1] hometown
Seems I never [5] was so far a-[1]-way
Now [4] I can hear that freight train a'-[1]-blowin'
[2maj] I'll be gone before the break of [5] day
I'll [1] have to quit my [5] daily [1] ramblin'
So to-[4]-night I'm gonna start my journey [3maj] back
[4] Sitting on the top of an [1] old box [6m] car
[2maj] Sailing down that [5] silvery stream of [1] track

[1] East bound freight train, [4] east bound freight train
[1] Take me home a-[5]-gain
[1] East bound freight train, [4] east bound freight train
[1] Let me [5] stay 'til the [1] end

Now I'll never stray far from my hometown
Never leave again to roam
I know I was born to wander
But I'm gonna stick around my home
Now I can see the smoke a-rollin'
Out of that old smoke stack
I'm sitting on the top of an old box car
Sailing down that silvery stream of track