Rock Island Line chords by The Undergrads

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Verse 1
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Hey there, gather round here.
Here's a story about
the Rock Island Lion.
Why, she's a spur of steel rails
running from Northland
down into New Orleans.
All them rattlers pass through a toll gate
before getting into that town.
What do you have to pay?
Show me.
The man on the gate says,
You gotta pay before pushin'
all into Crescent City.
I know that, I know
It depends on what you got on
board.
And certain things pass here free.
Well, the son of a driver shouts down,
Nothin' to pay,
cause I'm only carryin' pigs.
Oh, my God.
And the man shouts back,
Go on through with them pigs, then.
Well, son, we get up a little steam,
and once we are rollin',
he says to the boy throwin' on the coal,
yeah, we got pigs,
ha ha, pig eyes,
that's what we got, pig eyes.
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So, son, let's get goin' on
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down this here Rock Island line.
Well, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good road
Well, the Rock Island Line, it
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is a road to ride
D 
Oh, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good line
Well, if you want to ride,
you gotta ride it like you'd ride
And get your ticket at the station
for the Rock Island Line
Well, I may be right, I may be wrong
I know you're gonna miss me
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when I'm gone
Well, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good road
A 
Well, the Rock Island Line, it is a road to ride
D 
Oh, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good line
Well, if you want to ride,
you gotta ride it like you'd ride
And get your ticket at the station
for the Rock Island Line
Hallelujah, roll on in
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Headin' down the store,
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they'll be givin' me some gin
Well, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good road
A 
Oh, the Rock Island Line, it is a road to ride
D 
Oh, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good line
Well, if you want a ride,
you gotta ride it like a fine
And get your ticket at the station
for the Rock Island Line
Ain't the ladies gonna strut and game
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And take up the heels,
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and we ain't gonna sin
Well, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good road
Oh, the Rock Island Line,
A 
it is a road to ride
D 
Oh, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good line
Well, if you want to ride, you gotta ride
And like to find,
you get your ticket at the station
A 
D 
for the Rock Island Line
Well, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good line
Oh, the Rock Island Line,
A 
it is a road to ride
D 
Oh, the Rock Island Line,
it is a mighty good line
Well, if you want to ride, you gotta ride
And like to find,
you get your ticket at the station
A 
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for the Rock Island Line
Move over there, P! Sir!
Big arm, yeah, we got big arm...