Streamlined Cannonball chords by The Limeliters

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Verse 1
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Having struck a note of receptivity
with train songs,
we're going to press on.
That sounds like a train song to me.
Must be the Atchison, Topeka
and the Santa Fe.
The what?
It's the Chattanooga Choo Choo, folks.
Do you know what he's talking about?
I'm just trying to keep
the act current.
Actually, it's the Streamline Cannonball.
All aboard!
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She moves along like a cannonball
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Like a star in a heavenly flight
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You can hear the sound
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of the whistle it blows
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As she travels through the night
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Well, it's a long steel rail
and a short cross -tie
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Said, I'm on my way back home
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Well, the train I ride
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It's the king of them all
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It's a streamlined cannonball
Yeah
She moves along
Like a cannonball
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Like a star in her heavenly flight
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You can hear the sound
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Of the whistle that blows
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As she travels through the night
Well, the headlight gleams
Out into the night
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Ž
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And the fireballs flash Ž
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You can see Ž
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Well I ride these rails Ž
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Cause it's the life that I love Ž
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And it's home sweet home to me Ž
She moves along
Ž
Like a cannonball,
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like a star in a heavenly flight
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You can hear the sound
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of the whistle that blows
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As she travels through the night
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Lay down some track there,

Interlude 1

John

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Verse 2
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You can see the smile on
the engineer's face
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Though he may be old and gray
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Well it's not too hard
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For him to wait for his call
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He's on the streamline
Cannonball
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
She moves along
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Like a  cannonball,
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like a star in her heavenly light
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You can hear the sound
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of the whistle that blows
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As she travels through the night
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You can hear the sound
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of the whistle that blows
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As she travels through the night
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Aw, bring it home
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Wah -bah, wah wah -bah
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Whoo!
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