Chords:
{t: Streamline Cannonball }
{artist:Doc Watson}
{key: D}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhMQ0RxmZic Capo 4
{c: Sorry - none of the brilliant picking is here}
[C] [F] [C]
[C] [F] [C] [Am]
[C] [G] [C]
It's a [C] long steel rail and a short cross tie
[F] I'm on my way [C] back home
I'm [C] on that [F] train the [C] king of them [Am] all
That [C] streamlined [G] cannon[C] ball
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[C] She moves along like a cannonball
Like a [F] star in it's heavenly [C] flight
The [C] lonesome [F] sound of the [C] whistle you [Am] love
As [C] she travels [G] through the [C] night
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[C] [F] [C]
[C] [F] [C] [Am]
[C] [G] [C]
[C] The headlight beams out through the night
And the [F] firebox flash you can [C] see
[C] I ride them [F] blinds it's the [C] life that I [Am] love
Lord it's [C] home sweet [G] home to [C] me
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[C] She moves along like a cannonball
Like a [F] star in it's heavenly [C] flight
The [C] lonesome [F] sound of the [C] whistle you [Am] love
As [C] she travels [G] through the [C] night
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[C] [F] [C]
[C] [F] [C] [Am]
[C] [G] [C]
[C] I can see a smile on the engineer's face
And [F] although he's old and [C] gray
[C] A contented [F] heart he [C] waits for his [Am] call
On the [C] streamline [G] cannon[C] ball
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[C] [F] [C]
[C] [F] [C] [Am]
[C] [G] [C]
[C] She moves along like a cannonball
Like a [F] star in it's heavenly [C] flight
The [C] lonesome [F] sound from the [C] whistle you [Am] love
As [C] she travels [G] through the [C] night
