Capo @ 2nd Fret & play as written 
 
D5  A5  E5  G5  D5  A5  G5 
 
    D5              A5               E5              G5 
I'm ridin' on this train, drinkin' whiskey for the pain 
      D5                A5         G../ 
Just another good ole boy headed home 
 
And every town I see, seems to take a part of me 
                                                 D5 
Well, that's the price, that you pay, when you roam 


       E5         B5              C5  G5       A5 A5 A5 A5 
Yes, I cry, when I have to, and I lie when I can 
          D5  F#5         B5   G5         D5     A5          D5 
Oh, but, I die  a little slower, on the train  to Birmingham  
 
I got holes in both of my shoes, got a guitar full of blues 
 
And a one-way ticket, for my remedy 
 
It's the same old lonesome song, I been singin' all night long 
 
Hey Porter, are we out of Tennessee 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
Every year I take this train, to Alabama in the rain 

When I get this lonesome feelin', in my bones 

But, I never get to Birmingham , ah but 

Gettin' there ain't the plan 

I just like the feel of goin' home 
 
Repeat Chorus 
       D5    A5            G5    D5 
On the train   to Birmingham