The Little Engine That Could chords by
John Denver
John Denver

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Key: E major
Verse 1
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There was a little railroad
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train with loads and loads of toys
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All starting out to find a home
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with little girls and boys
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And as that little railroad train
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began to chug along
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The little engine up in front was heard
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to sing this song
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Choo, choo, choo, choo
Choo, choo, choo, choo
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I feel so good today
Oh hear the track
Oh clickety clack
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I'll go my merry way
Verse 2
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The little train went rousing on
so fast it seemed to fly
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Until it reached a mountain
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that went almost to the sky
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The Little engine moaned and groaned
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and huffed and puffed away
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But halfway to the top it just gave
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up and seemed to say
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I can't go
I can't go
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I'm weary as can be
I can't go
I can't go
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This job is not for me
Verse 3
The toys got out to push
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but all in vain alas alack
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And then a great big engine came
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a whistling down the track
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They asked if it would kindly pull
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them up the mountain side
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But with a high and mighty
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sneer it scornfully replied
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Don't bother me
Don't bother me
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To pull the likes of you
Don't bother me
Don't bother me
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I've better things to do
Verse 4
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The toys all started crying 'cause
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that engine was so mean
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And then there came another one,
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the smallest ever seen
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And though it seemed that she
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could hardly pull herself along
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She hitched on to the train and as
she pulled she sang this song
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I think I can
I think I can
I think I have a plan
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And I can do most anything
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If I only think I can
Verse 5
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Then up that great big moun
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tain with the cars all full of toys
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And soon they reached the waiting
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arms of little girls and boy
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And though that ends the story it
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will do you lots of good
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To take a lesson from
the little engine that could
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Just think you can
Just think you can
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Just have that understood
And very soon you'll start to say
I always knew I could
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I knew I could
I knew I could
I knew I could
I knew I could
I knew I could
I knew I could, yeah!

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