Waiting for a Train - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
James Charles "Jimmie" Rodgers (1897 – 1933) is carved into marble in folk and country music along with Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, due to their influence on later artists and songwriters, even nowadays. To me he's just the guy who introduced that ridiculous yodeling style to country music, and I very early got tired of castratoes with Stetson hats and Texas boots.
But I've got a thing about *this* song. It was first recorded October 1928 on old Victor; then following a million artists and labels. I first heard it from Hank Snow, then Johnny Cash, then ... the flippin' original? I don't care. Fortunately it can be performed without yodeling.