Key: B major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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the clouds was hangin' low.
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like an arrow shot from a bow
Well, the old Ninety -Seven
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in Southland ever seen
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through Jackson down to New Orleans
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to run that southern line
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And when she pulled into Monroe,
Virginia,
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she was forty -seven minutes behind
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they handed up his orders
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Saying, Steve, you're way behind time
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This is not 38, it's old 97
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You gotta put her in dispenser on time
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of a brave man was he
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to the railroad company
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you shovel on a little more coal
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you're gonna see old Ninety -Seven
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Well, it's a mighty rough road
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With a line of three -mile grain
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It was on that hill that he lost his air brakes
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You can see by the jump he made
He was goin' downhill
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When his whistle broke into a scream
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He scalded to death by the steam
and two children
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They're layin' home in bed
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Is layin' down in North Damton dead
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From this day now and on
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