#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # 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 CHORUS: