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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:08:19 GMT
From: "OLDTIMER" <k5uyb@juno.com>
Subject: THE STREAMLINED CANNON BALL
 
STREAMLINED CANNON BALL
By Roy Acuff

Note: If played in KEY of G, chords are G/Em/C/D

[1] A long steel rail, a short cross-tie
I'm [4] on my way back [1] home
I'm [4] on a train, the [1] king of them [6m] all
The [1] Streamlined [5] Cannon [1] Ball

CHORUS:
[1] She moves along like a cannon ball
Like a [4] star in its heavenly [1] flight
This [4] lonesome sound from the [1] whistle you [6m] love
As she [1] travels [5] through the [1] night

Her headlight gleams out in the night
The firebox flash you see
The blinds I ride, the life that I love
It's home sweet home to me

CHORUS:

I can see the smile of the engineer
Although he's old and gray
A contented heart, he waits the call
Of the Streamlined Cannon Ball 

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