G                                       C              G
While walking through the railroad yards on a cold and rainy night,
  C               G                 A             D
I saw a string of old boxcars as it pulled out of sight.
  G                                 C         G
I heard the whistle blowing just as sad as anything.
       C                G              D                G
And it made me think of Cisco, and the songs he used to sing.

(Chorus)
          C     G      D         G
Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
G
Here for just a while, gone a many a mile.
          C     G      D         G
Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.

(Verse 2)
   G                                 C                G
He walked down every highway in this great and mighty land.
   C                 G               A              D
He sang the songs of what he saw, he sang for every man.
   G                              C                     G
He had no truck with nonsense, he sang 'em straight and plain.
   C                G              D            G
He got his greatest music from the whistle of a train.

(Chorus)
          C     G      D         G
Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
G
Here for just a while, gone a many a mile.
          C     G      D         G
Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.

(Verse 3)
     G                                    C                G
Well I dreamed that me and Cisco, we were standing in some town.
    C                  G                    A                 D
The good clean air was in our lungs And the sun was a-shining down.
   G                                     C                 G
He said, "This land has lots of room, It stretches far and wide.
        C                     G           D                   G
There's a lonesome freight at 6:08, Let's grab that train and ride."

(Chorus)
          C     G      D         G
Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
G
Here for just a while, gone a many a mile.
          C     G      D         G
Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.

(Verse 4)
      G                                     C                 G
Well, he rambled 'round with Woody, just to see what he could see.
    C                G                 A              D
And when the Fascist tide was high, he rambled out to sea.
    G                               C               G
And every where he rambled, he made friends of many men.
    C                   G                    D        G
And Cisco's friends can tell us we won't see his kind again.

(Chorus)
          C     G      D         G
Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
G
Here for just a while, gone a many a mile.
          C     G      D         G
Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
          C     G      D         G
Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.