Doc Watson - Greenville trestle high

I r^Cemember as a bo^C7y how in wo^Fnderment and jo^Cy, I??^C?d watch the trains as they rol^Gl by And the w^Chistle’s lonesom^C7e sound you could^F hear for miles^C around, As they ^Crolled across that G^Greenville Trestle h^Cigh.

But the w^Fhistles don’t sound like they^C used to.^C Lately not many trains ^Ggo by. H^Card times across the land mean no ^Fwork for a railroad^C man. And the ^CGreenville Trestle no^Gw don’t seem s^Co high.

On t^Che riverbank I’d ^C7stand with a^F canepole in my^C hand and wa^Ctch the freight trains up against the s^Gky. With the ^C black smoke trailin’^C7 back as the^Fy moved along the^C tracks, that r^Cuns across that G^Greenville Trestle ^Chigh

When t^Che lonesome whistles w^C7hine I get r^Fambling on my ^Cmind an^Cd I wish they still sounded that w^Gay. As I^C turn and head for ^C7home, Lord she’^Fd rumble, low , a^Cnd moan ^C toward the sunset ^Gat the break of d^Cay.