G
I'll tell you a story of Jimmie the Kid
       C                G
He's a brakeman you all know
       C                     G
He was born in Mississippi a-way down south
       A              D  G
and he flagged on the TN&O

   G
He yodeled to fame on the Boston ‘n’ Maine
    C               G
The Wabash and the TP
         C                      G
From the old Grand Trunk to the Cotton Belt
   Am             D     G
he yodeled on the Santa Fe

[Chorus]
      G
Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
D                         G
Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee

[Verse 2]
       G
On the Lehigh Valley he yodeled awhile
        C                  G
then he went to the Nickel Plate
         C                      G
From the old Lake Shore and the Erie Line
   Am          D        G
He yodels to a Cadillac Eight

[Chorus]
      G          D
Yodel-ayee-yodle-olde-ayee
                G
yodle-odle-odle-ay-ee,

[Verse 3]
   G
He yodeled his way to the C&A
    C               G
The Lackawanna and IC
   C                         G
He rode a rattler called the Cannonball
        Am             D  G
then he yodeled on the MK&T

[Chorus]
       G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D          G
Yodel-odle-ayee

[Verse 4]
        G
Now the story goes that Jimmie the Kid
      C                G
Has a yodeling mama so sweet
C                    G
They go Cadillacin' every night
         Am           D         G
and they yodel up and down the street

[Chorus]
       G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D          G
Yodel-odle-ayee

[Verse 5]
     G
He's rode freight trains from East to West
     C                G
he's fixed himself up nice
           C                  G
He's got a beautiful home all of his own
         Am        D   G
It's the yodeler's paradise

[Chorus]
       G
Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
D                         G
Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee

[Verse 6]
        G
They've treated him good they've treated him bad
   C              G
he never done any wrong
   C              G
He yodels a yodel everybody knows
       Am       C          G
is the yodeling brakeman's song

[Chorus]
       G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D          G
Yodel-odle-ayee