Song Name: | The Wabash Cannon Ball (hi-lo) | By: | American hobo song, circa 1880 |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2013-09-06 14:52:30 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE WABASH CANNON BALL hi-lo
American hobo song, circa 1880 Key: G 3 3 3 3 4 -4 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 -8 8 9 From the great At-lan-tic o-cean 6 6 5 5 -4 4 -2� 9 9 8 8 -8 7 -5 to the wide Pa-ci-fic shore -3� -3� 3 3 -3 -4 5 -4 -6 -6 6 6 -7 -8 8 -8 Saw the queen of flow-ing riv-ers -4 -4 -3 4 -3 -3� 3 -8 -8 -7 7 -7 -6 6 Might-y moun-tains by the score 3 3 3 3 4 -4 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 -8 8 9 She's long and she�s tall and hand-some 6 6 5 5 -4 4 -2� 9 9 8 8 -8 7 -5 Yes she�s loved by one and all -3� -3� 3 3 -3 -4 5 -4 -6 -6 6 6 -7 -8 8 -8 She's a mod-ern com-bi-na-tion -4 -4 -3 3 -3� -3 4 -8 -8 -7 6 -6 -7 7 Called the Wa-bash Can-non-ball Chorus: 3 3 4 -4 5 6 6 6 7 -8 8 9 lis-ten to the jin-gle 6 5 5 -4 4 -2� 9 8 8 -8 7 -5 The rum-ble and the roar 3 3 -3 -4 5 -4 6 6 -7 -8 8 -8 Rid-ing through the wood-lands -4 -4 -3 4 -3 -3� 3 -8 -8 -7 7 -7 -6 6 To the hills and by the shore 3 3 3 3 4 -4 -4 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 -8 -8 8 9 Hear the might-y rush of the en-gine 6 6 5 5 -4 4 -2� 9 9 8 8 -8 7 -5 Hear the lone-some ho-bo squall 3 3 -3 -4 5 -4 6 6 -7 -8 8 -8 Rid-ing through the jun-gle -4 -4 -3 3 -3� -3 4 -8 -8 -7 6 -6 -7 7 On the Wa-bash Can-non-ball |