Streamlined Cannonball chords by
Earl Scruggs
Doc Watson

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Key: E major

Intro 1

Verse 1
D D 
 
Db Db 
 
It's a long steel rail and a short crosstie. I'm
Gb Gb 
 
G G 
 
C# C# 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
on  my way back home. I'm on that train, the king of them all.
D D 
 
A A 
 
Ab Ab 
 
That streamlined cannonball.
C# C# 
 
D D 
 
C# C# 
 
She moves along like a cannon ball,
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
C# C# 
 
like a star in its heavenly flight.
F# F# 
 
C# C# 
 
The lonesome sound of the whistle you
Bm Bm 
 
C# C# 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Db Db 
 
love as you travel through the night.
Let me hear you,
D D 
 
boy.

Interlude 1

Headlight beams out

Verse 2
D D 
 
through the night
G G 
 
F# F# 
 
G G 
 
Db Db 
 
And the firebots flash, you can see
D D 
 
Db Db 
 
Gb Gb 
 
I  ride them blinds,
Db Db 
 
Bm Bm 
 
it's the life that I love
Db Db 
 
Ab Ab 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
For it's home, sweet home to me
Db Db 
 
Movin' along like a cannonball

Verse 3

Like a in its heavenly flight

A balsam sound with a

Verse 4

whistle you love

As you travel through

Verse 5

the night

Interlude 2

Verse 6
C# C# 
 
I can see a smile on the engineer's face
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G G 
 
D D 
 
And although he's old and gray
C# C# 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C# C# 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
In  his heart he waits for his call
C# C# 
 
A A 
 
On that streamlined cannonball
Db Db 
 
D D 
 
Db Db 
 
Gb Gb 
 
Db Db 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C# C# 
 
You pick one boy
D D 
 
C# C# 
 
Ah, now that's pretty
D D 
 
C# C# 
 
She moves along like a cannonball
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Like a star in its heavenly flight
D D 
 
G G 
 
C# C# 
 
The lonesome sound, the whistle you love
Ab Ab 
 
C# C# 
 
As you travel through the night

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