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The Little Engine That Could chords by
Burl Ives
Burl Ives

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Verse 1
G


There was a little railroad train with
C
G

loads and loads of toys

All starting out to find a home with
D
A
D

little girls and boys
G

And as that little railroad train
C

began to chug along
A

The little engine up in front was
D

heard to sing this song
Verse 2
G

Choo choo, choo choo, choo choo, choo choo,

I feel so good today
D

Oh, clear the track, oh clickety
G

clack, I? ll go my merry way
Verse 3
G
C

The little train went roaring on, so fast,
G

it seemed to fly

Until it reached a mountain
A
D

rising almost to the sky
G

The little engine moaned and groaned
C

and huffed and puffed away
A

But halfway to the top it just gave
D

up and seemed to say
G
I can? t go on, I can? t
Verse 4
G

D

go on, I? m weary as can be

I can? t go on, I can? t go on, this
G

job is not for me
Verse 5
C

The toys got out to push but all in vain alas,
G

alack

And then a great big engine came
A

a whistling down the track
D
G

They asked if it would kindly
C

pull them up the mountain side
A

But with a high and mighty

sneer it scornfully replied
D
Don? t
Verse 6
G

bother me, don? t bother
D

me to pull the likes of you

Don? t bother me, don? t bother me, I?
G

ve better things to do
Verse 7
D
G

The toys all started crying? cause that
C
G

engine was so mean

And then there came another one,
A

the smallest ever seen
D
G

But though it seemed that she could
A
C

hardly pull herself along
A

She hitched on to the train and as she
D

pulled she sang this song
G
I think I can, I think I can, I
Verse 8
G

D

think I have a plan

And I can do 'most anything if
G

I only think I can
C
Then up that great big mountain with the cars
Verse 9

G

all full of toys

And soon they reached the waiting arms
A
D

of happy girls and boy
G

And though that ends the story
C

it will do you lots of good
A

To take a lesson from the
D

little engine that could
G
Just think you
Verse 10

can, just think you

can, just have that understood
D

And very soon you? ll start to
G

say, I always knew I could
Verse 11
G

I knew I could, I knew I could, I knew I could I

knew I could, I knew I could, I

knew I could, I knew I could

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