[Start]
[Verse]
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■ ■ ■ Well they gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia
B Gb
Saying Steve you're way behind time
B E B E
This is not 'thirtyeight this is old 'ninetyseven ■
B Gb B
Put her into Spencer on time
E
Then he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman
B Gb
Shovel on a little more coal
B E
And when we cross that White Oak Mountain
B Gb B
Watch old 'ninetyseven roll
[Inst]
E B Gb B E B Gb7 B
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[Verse]
E
But it's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville
B Gb
In a line on a threemile grade
B
It was on that grade that he lost to his air brakes
Gb B
See what a jump he made
E B E
He was goin' down the grade makin' ninety miles an hour
B Gb
His whistle broke into a scream
B
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
E
But scalded to death by the steam
[Chorus]
B
And then a telegram come to Washington station
Gb
And this is how it read
B
Oh that brave engineer that run old 'ninetyseven
B
Is a lying in Danville dead
E
So now all you ladies you better take a warnin'
B Gb
From this time on and learn
B E
Never speak harsh words to your true loving husband
B
He may leave you and never return
[End]
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