Rock Island Line chords by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie

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Verse 1
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 (F major) Now this  (E major) here's a story about
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 (F major) the  (E major) Rock Island Line
Well the Rock Island Line she runs
down into New Orleans
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There's a big  (F major) tollgate
down there and you know
If you got certain things on board when
you go through the tollgate

Verse 2
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Well you don't have to pay the  (F major) 
man no toll
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 (E major) Well a train  (F major) driver  (F minor)  (E major) he pulled
up to the tollgate
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And a man hollered and  (F major) asked
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him what all he  (E major) had on  (F major) board and said
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I got  (E major) live (F major) stock I got livestock
I got cows I got pigs I got sheep

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Verse 3

I got mules I got all livestock

Well he said you're all right boy you

don't have to pay no toll

You can just go right on through so he

went on through the toolgate

And as he went through he started

pickin' up a little bit of speed

Pickin' up

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a little bit of steam
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He got  (E major) on through he turned and looked
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back  (F major) at the man he said
Well I fooled you I fooled you I got
pigiron I got pigiron I got old
Pig iron

Verse 5
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Down the Rock Island Line  (F major)  (E major)  (F major) 
she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line it's a road to ride
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Rock Island Line  (E major) it's a mighty
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 (F major) good road
Well if you ride you got to ride it like
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you  (E major) fi nally  (F major) get your ticket

Verse 6

At the station for

the Rock Island Line

Looked cloudy in the

Verse 7
west and
it looked like rain
Round the curve came a passenger train
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North  (F major) bound  (E major) train on the southbound track
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 (F major) He's alright a leavin'  (E major) but
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 (F major) he won't be back  (E major) 

Verse 8
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Well the  (F major) Rock Island Line she's
a mighty good road
Rock Island Line it's a road to ride
Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road
Well if you ride you got to ride it
Like you finally get your ticket
At the station for the Rock Island Line
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Oh  (F minor) I   may be

Verse 9
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 (F major) right and I may be wrong
But you gonna miss me when I'm gone
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 (E major)  (F major)  (E major)  (F major) 
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Well the engineer  (E major) said  (F major) be
fore he died
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There were two more drinks  (E major)  (F major) 
that he'd like to try
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The conductor said what could  (E major) they be
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A  (F major)  (E major) hot cup  (F major)  (F minor)  (F major)  (F minor) of coffee
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and a  (F major) cold glass of tea

Verse 10
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Well  (F major) the Rock Island Line she's
a mighty good road
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Rock Island Line it's a road to ride  (E major) 
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Rock Island Line  (F major) it's a
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mighty  (F major) good road
Well if you ride you got to ride it
Like you finally get your ticket
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At the station for the Rock Island Line  (F major) 