| Song Name: | Wreck of the Old 97 (Chrom F) | By: | The New Lost City Ramblers |
| Posted By: | marion | Difficulty: | Beginner |
| Key: | F | Genre: | Country |
| Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
| Created: | 2019-03-20 22:27:53 | Modified: | 2019-03-20 22:27:53 |
| Song: | 6 7 7 -7 6 5 -5 5 -6 -6 -6 -7 9
They give him his orders at Monroe, Virginia 9 -7 7 9 -9 -9 9 -8 Sayin', "Steve you're way behind time -7 7 9 9 9 9 5 5 -6 -6 -6 -7 9 This is not 38, but it's old 97 9 -7 7 -7 7 6 6 -5 5___ You must put her in Spencer on time" (Repeat 6X) Then he looked around and Said to his black, greasy fireman "Just shovel on a little more coal And when we cross that White Oak Mountain You can watch old 97 roll" It's a mighty rough road From Lynchburg to Danville In a line on a three mile grade It was on that grade that he lost his airbrakes Oh, you see what a jump we made He was goin' down the grade Making 90 miles an hour When his whistle broke into a scream He was found in the wreck With his hand on the throttle And was scalded to death by the steam Now ladies, you must take a warning From this time on and learn Never speak harsh words To your true love or husband He may leave you and never return This plays with a blue grass arrangement, same Artist, run time 3:19. |
