Midnight Flyer

       Am
In the dark I hear the whistle, the 
rumble of the cars
    F                        G
The lonesome midnight flyer, past 
the late night bars
Am                         Em
Pulling sixty box-cars and heading 
through our town
F                           G
Tearing up the night with a long 
lonesome sound


C                           
It's been a long year since I 
  Am
thought about the train
    F                         G
The greyhound and the highway took 
me where I've been
Am                                
Late at night I hear the sound, 
  Em
the humming of the rails
    F                              
The lonesome midnight flyer taking 
G
high wind in her sails


CHORUS:
Am
Here comes the midnight flyer
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Em
Set your watches by her
F                            G
Wheels rolling, coming in on time
Am                       Em
No one pays her no mind, no one 
hears her crying
      F                            
'Cept some old man bumming down the
 G
 line


Am
Here comes the midnight flyer, tell 
me how do you know?
         F                      G
'Cause I heard her long whistle moan
 so soft and low
Am                                
Wheels clicking on the rails in 
  Em
the stillness of the night
    F                         G
The engineer's pulling cord until he
 gets it right


C                            
She's rolling through the back 
             Am
yards, the sleepers in the night
       F                  G
On the outskirts of town, headlight 
burning bright
          Am                       
And she's pulling sixty box-cars 
   Em
and another railroad bum
    F                         
Who heard her whistle blow and 
 G
caught her on the run


CHORUS:
Am
Here comes the midnight flyer
Em
Set your watches by her
F                            G
Wheels rolling, coming in on time
Am                       Em
No one pays her no mind, no one 
hears her crying
      F                            
'Cept some old man bumming down the
 G
 line