| Song Name: | Wreck of Old 97 | By: | Unknown |
| Posted By: | pcguyiv | Difficulty: | Beginner |
| Key: | Any | Genre: | Country |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2005-06-11 14:06:36 | Modified: | 2005-08-04 15:08:26 |
| Song: | 5 -5 6 6 6 5 4
Well, they gave him his orders 4 -5 -5 -5 -6 7 In Monroe, Virginia, -6 6 7 -8 -8 7 -7 Sayin, Steve, you're way be-hind time. -8 -8 7 7 7 7 This is not thirty-eight, 5 4 -5 -5 -5 -6 7 But its Old ninety-se-ven -6 6 6 -6 6 5 5 -4 4 You must put her in Spencer on time. Well, he looked round 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 go. 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 airbrake, So you see what a jump he made. He was goin' down grade, makin 90 miles an hour, When his whistle broke into a scream. He was found in the wreck With his hand on the throttle, And scalded to death by the steam. Now the telegram came Into Washington Station, And this is what it said: That brave engineer That drove old 97 Is layin down in Danville, dead. 5 -5 6 5 4 -5 -5 -6 7 Now then, ladies, you must take warning, -6 6 7 -8 7 -7 From this time on and learn, -8 -8 7 7 7 Ne-ver speak harsh words 5 4 -5 -5 -5 -6 7 To your true lo-vin' husband, -6 6 6 -6 6 5 5 -4 4 He may leave you and never re-turn. (Or end it with ) -7 7 -8 7 ne-ver re-turn. |
