Rock Island Line chords by Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Now this here's the story about
the Rock Island Line
The Rock Island Line she runs
down into New Orleans
It's just outside of New Orleans
is a big toll gate
You know all the trains that go
through the toll gate
They gotta pay the man some money
But of course,
if you got certain things on board
You're okay and you don't have
to pay the man nothin'
And just now we see a change comin
down the line
When you come up to the toll gate
The driver, he shout down
to the man and he says

Verse 2

I got pigs, I got horses, I got cows

I got sheep, I got all livestock,

I got all livestock

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Verse 3
D 
The man say,  (D major) 'Well, you alright boy,
just get on through
You don't have to pay me nothin'"
And then the train go through
And when he go through the tollgate
The train gotta have a little bit of steam
and a little bit of speed
And when the driver think
he safely on the other side
He shouts back down the line

Verse 4

to the man and he says

I fooled you, I fooled you

I got pig iron, I got pig iron

I got all pig iron

Verse 5
D 
Now  (D major) I'll tell you where I'm goin' boy
Down the rock island line is
a might good road
The rock island line is the
A 
 (A major) road to ride, yeah
D 
The  (D major) rock island line is a
mighty good road
G 
D 
Well, if you  (G major) want to ride you gotta  (D major) ride it like
G 
you find it get your  (G major) ticket at the station
A 
D 
Of the  (A major) rock island line  (D major) 
I may be right, I may be wrong
A 
You  (A major) know, you're gonna miss
me when I'm gone
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 6
Down the rock island line is a
might good road
A 
Oh, the rock island line is the  (A major) road to ride
D 
The  (D major) rock island line is a mighty good road
G 
D 
If you  (G major) want to ride you gotta  (D major) ride it like
A 
you find it get your  (A major) ticket at the station
D 
Of the  (D major) rock island line

Verse 7
D 
Hey  (D major) you, are safe within
A 
The  (A major) good Lord's comin'
D 
to see me again  (D major) 
Down the rock island line is
a might good road
A 
Oh, the rock island line is the  (A major) road to ride
D 
The  (D major) rock island line is a mighty good road
G 
D 
If you  (G major) want to ride you gotta  (D major) ride it like you
G 
 (G major) find it get your ticket at the station
A 
Of the  (A major) rock island line
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 8

A, B, C, W, X, Y, Z

The cats on the cupboard

but he don't see me

Verse 9
D 
 (D major) Down the rock island line
is a might good road
A 
Oh, the rock island line is the  (A major) road to ride
D 
The  (D major) rock island line is a mighty good road
G 
D 
If you  (G major) want to ride you gotta  (D major) ride it like
G 
you find it get your  (G major) ticket at the station
A 
D 
Of the  (A major) rock island line  (D major) 

Verse 10
D 
Rock island  (D major) line is a might good road
A 
Oh, the rock island line is the road  (A major) to ride
D 
The  (D major) rock island line is a mighty good road
G 
If you  (G major) want to ride you gotta ride it like you
D 
G 
 (D major) find it get your  (G major) ticket at the station
D 
Of the  (D major) rock island line