2:19 Blues

Traditional

{Refrain}

Goin’ down to the river gonna take along my

rockin’ chair, and if the blues don’t get me

Gonna rock, gonna rock away from here.

/ C E7 / F D / CA7 D7 G7 /

I’m gonna lay my head down on some lonesome

railroad line and let the 2:19

Come a-long, ‘s’gonna pacify my mind

/ C E7 / F D / CA7 D7 G7 C /

{Refrain}

I keep movin’ on down this railroad line,

I got a heavy load, I got a worried mind,

Tryin’ to find some place to settle down.

/ C E7 / F D / C A7 D7 G7 /

Well there’s just one thing I’d like to know

and that’s where in the world can a poor man go

When he’s tired of travelin’ round from town to town.

/ C E7 / F D / CA7 D7 G7 C G7 /

{Refrain}

Well they arrested me in a town down South,

I had empty pockets, I was down in the mouth

They locked me up and threw away the key.

I had bad food and a dirty cell,

so I hit that guard and I ran like hell,

Sheriff he’s still askin’ round about me.

{Refrain}

I’m gonna lay my head down on some lonesome railroad line

and let the 2:19 Come a-long,

‘s’gonna pacify my mind