Old Buddy Goodnight

A D A Bm I was there when they opened the boxcar D A Bm Found him stone dead on the floor D A Though thumbing and bumming was all of our trade B E A No one had seen him before D A Bm He wore the face of a stranger D A Bm Lost and unseen in the crowd D A He looked so small when we carried him down B E A Wrapped in a newspaper shroud D A Bm The wind blows cold in Wyoming D A Bm The stars shine clear and bright D A If you don't wake up tomorrow at all B E A I guess it's old buddy goodnight A D A Bm His hair was the color of winter D A Bm Streaked with iron and coal D A And all you could see in his soft prairie eyes B E A Was the wind and the rain and the snow Bm The backs of his hands were like roadmaps D A Bm The lines on his face were the same D A And on his arm a faded tattoo B E A Bordered a rose and a name Bm The wind blows cold in Wyoming D A Bm The stars shine clear and bright D A If you don't wake up tomorrow at all B E A I guess it's old buddy goodnight A Bm Now I don't know where he came from D A Bm His train was a U P freight D A If there's someone waiting for him down the line B E A He'll be a little bit late Bm Give him a line in your paper D A Bm Here's what I want you to say D A There's some things worse than dying alone B E A And one of 'em's living that way Bm The wind blows cold in Wyoming D A Bm The stars shine clear and bright D A If you don't wake up tomorrow at all B E A Am A I guess it's old buddy goodnight