900 Miles / Traditional Folk Song / Banjo

900 Miles is a traditional folk song. Also known as, 900 Miles From My Home. I sing and play it on the banjo in the clawhammer style after the intro.

900 Miles - Lyrics
Banjo tuning - dADFsharpA
Hold down Em chord

I’m walking down the track, I’ve got tears in my eyes,
I’m tryin’ to read a letter from my home;
If that train runs me right, I’ll be home tomorrow night,
‘Cause I’m nine hundred miles from my home.
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow,
That long lonesome train whistlin’ down.

Well this train I ride on, Is a hundred coaches long,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles;
And if this train runs me right, I’ll be home tomorrow night,
‘Cause I’m nine hundred miles from my home.
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow,

I will pawn you my wagon, I will pawn you my team,
I will pawn you my golden watch and my chain;
And if this train runs me right, I’ll see my woman tomorrow night,
‘Cause I’m nine hundred miles from my home.
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow.

timestamps

0:00 - intro - story
1:25 - song
3:37 - outro - 1800`s inventions

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