| Written by Michael Martin Murphey & Owen Castleman |
| C | G7 | C | |
| Just a loud-mouthed Yankee, I went | down to Mexico |
| G7 | C | |
| I didn't have much time to spend, a | bout a week or | so, |
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| Then I | lightly took a | dvantage of a girl | who loved me | so. |
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| But I | found myself a- | thinkin' when my | time |
| F | |
| Had | come |
| C | G7 | C7 | Am7 | C7 | |
| To | go |
| F | Dm | Gm7 | |
| What am I | doin' hangin' ' | round? |
| A | Bb | |
| I should be on that train and | gone |
| Db | F | Dm | |
| I should be ridin' on that | train to San | Anton' |
| Gm7 | C | F | |
| What am I | doin' hangin' ' | round? |
| C | G7 | C | |
| She | took me to the garden and we | took a little walk |
| G7 | C | |
| I didn't know much Spanish and there | was no time for | talk |
| F | Bb | F | Bb | F | |
| Then she | told me that she | loved me, not with words | but with a | kiss |
| F | Dm | Bb | |
| And | like a fool, I | kept on thinkin' | of a train |
| F | |
| I | could not |
| Miss | |
| F | Dm | Gm7 | |
| What am I | doin' hangin' ' | round? |
| A | Bb | |
| I should be on that train and | gone |
| Db | F | Dm | |
| I should be ridin' on that | train to San | Anton' |
| Gm7 | C | F | |
| What am I | doin' hangin' ' | round? |
| C | G7 | |
| Well, it's | been a year or so, and I | wanna go back again |
| G7 | C | |
| And if I get the money, well, I'll | ride the same old | train |
| F | Bb | F | Bb | F | |
| But I | guess your chances | come but once, and boy | , I sure missed | mine |
| F | Dm | Bb | |
| And | still I can't stop | thinkin' when I | hear |
| F | |
| Some | whistle |
| C | G7 | C7 | Am7 | C7 | |
| Cryin' |
| F | Dm | Gm7 | |
| What am I | doin' hangin' ' | round? |
| A | Bb | |
| I should be on that train and | gone |
| Db | F | Dm | |
| I should be ridin' on that | train to San | Anton' |
| Gm7 | C | F | |
| What am I | doin' hangin' ' | round? |
| REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE: |
| F | Dm | Gm7 | |
| What am I | doin' hangin' ' | round? |
| A | Bb | |
| I should be on that train and | gone |
| Db | F | Dm | |
| I should be ridin' on that | train to San | Anton' |
| Gm7 | C | F | |
| What am I | doin' hangin' ' | round? |
| etc. |