Rock Island Line chords by The Sundowners
Verse 1
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The Rock Island Line
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runs up out of New Orleans.
Just outside New Orleans
there's a big toll gate.
And all the trains that go through the toll gate,
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they have to pay the man some money.
Well, of course, if you're carrying
certain things on board,
you're all right, you can
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just go on through.
Just now we see a train com
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ing up the line out of New Orleans.
and the train pulled up to
the toll gate and stopped
and the man yelled up
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to the driver
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and asked him what all he had on board
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and the man yelled back down he said I got pigs,
I got horses,
I got cows, I got sheep, I got all livestock,
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I got got a whole lot of stock,
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I got a whole lot of stock.
So the man, he yelled up to the driver
and he said, You're all right, boy,
you can get on through.
So that train started through the toll gate.
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And as that train was going through,
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it started picking up a little bit of steam
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and a little bit of speed.
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As soon as that driver, he thought he was far enough down the road to be safe,
he yelled back down to the man
And he said, I fooled you,
well I fooled you, I got the pig iron,
I got the pig iron,
I got all the pig iron.
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We're down at the Rock Island Line,
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it's a mighty good road,
the Rock Island Line is
the road to ride.
The Rock Island Line is
a mighty good road,
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and if you wanna ride, you gotta ride,
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or like to fight, you get
your ticket at the station
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for the Rock Island Line.
Up in the west, well, it'll look like rain
Around the curve come
a passenger train
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Northbound train on a southbound track
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Oh, a rider leavin', but
he won't be back
The Rock Island Line is
a mighty good road
The Rock Island Line is a road to ride
The Rock Island Line is
a mighty good road
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And if you wanna ride, you gotta ride
Or like a miner,
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get your ticket at the station
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For the Rock Island Line
Maybe you're right and I may be wrong
No, you're gonna miss a
beer when I'm gone
The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
The Rock Island Line is the road to ride
The Rock Island Line is
a mighty good road
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And if you want a ride, you gotta ride
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Or like a miner, get your ticket at the station
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For the Rock Island Line
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Then I heard the engineer cry
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Two more things before I die
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Conductor said, what could they be?
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A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea
The Rock Island Line is
a mighty good road
The Rock Island Line is the road to ride
The Rock Island Line is
a mighty good road
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And if you want a ride, you gotta ride
I'd like to find and get you
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a ticket at the station
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for the Rock Island Line.
Three young ladies sitting
in the shade,
Counting all the loot
the sundowners ain't paid.
The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,
The Rock Island Line is a road to ride,
The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,
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And if you wanna ride, you gotta ride,
I'd like to find and get
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you a at the station
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for the Rock Island Line.
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Rock Island Line
The Sundowners
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