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The Wreck Of The Old 97 chords
Henry Work (music) / Lowell (words?)  
 
D (xx0232@1)                         GThey (320003@1)give him his orders at Monroe Virginia
        D (xx0232@1)                     ASaying (x02220@1) Steve you re way behind time
        D (xx0232@1)                GThis (320003@1)is not 38 but this is Old 97
D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)        DPut (xx0232@1)her in Spencer on time
 
                                      GThen (320003@1)he looked around and said to his black greasy fireman
     D (xx0232@1)                     AJust (x02220@1)shovel on a little more coal
    D (xx0232@1)                GAnd (320003@1)when we cross that White Oak Mountain
        D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)DYou (xx0232@1)can watch Old 97 roll
 
                               GAnd (320003@1)when a telegram comes from Washington Station
    D (xx0232@1)            AAnd (x02220@1)this is how it read
         D (xx0232@1)                  GOh (320003@1)that brave engineers that run old 97
   D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)      DIs (xx0232@1)lying in old Danville dead
 
                               GHe (320003@1)was going down grade making 90 miles an hour
         D (xx0232@1)                  AWhen (x02220@1)his whistle broke into a scream
       D (xx0232@1)                         GHe (320003@1)was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
        D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)          DAnd (xx0232@1)was scalded to death by the steam
 
                    GNow (320003@1)ladies you must take warning
     D (xx0232@1)              AFrom (x02220@1)this time on and learn
      D (xx0232@1)                       GNever (320003@1)speak harsh words to your true loving husband
       D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)     DHe (xx0232@1)may leave you and never return

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