----(capo 4) ----
| G | |
| No ma | tter what I say or do, |
| C | G | |
| You're ne | ver satisfi | ed, |
| G | |
| I t | ried and tried so many times, |
| D | G | |
| I'm le | avin' you now, good | bye, |
| (chorus) |
| G | G7 | |
| I'm r | iding on that midnight tr | ain, |
| C | C7 | G | |
| My h | ead's h | anging l | ow, |
| G | |
| These a | wful blues will follow me, |
| D | G | |
| Where | ver I may | go, |
| (verse 2) |
| G | |
| W | hy on earth was I ever born, |
| C | G | |
| I'll ne | ver underst | and, |
| G | |
| To f | all in love with a woman like you, |
| D | G | |
| In l | ove with another | man, |
| (chorus) |
| G | G7 | |
| I'm r | iding on that midnight tr | ain, |
| C | C7 | G | |
| My h | ead's h | anging l | ow, |
| G | |
| These a | wful blues will follow me, |
| D | G | |
| Where | ver I may | go, |
| (verse 3) |
| G | |
| You b | roke a heart that trusted you, |
| C | G | |
| Why w | asn't it made of s | tone, |
| G | |
| I'm l | eft in a world black as night, |
| D | G | |
| Yet | I must travel | on, |
| (chorus) |
| G | G7 | |
| I'm r | iding on that midnight tr | ain, |
| C | C7 | G | |
| My h | ead's h | anging l | ow, |
| G | |
| These a | wful blues will follow me, |
| D | G | |
| Where | ver I may | go, |