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The Wreck Of The Number Nine

The Wreck Of The Number Nine easy guitar chords by Jim Reeves

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  • G

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  • C

  • G

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  • E

  • C

  • Verse 1
    G
    D

    In my early days of singing, I did folk songs and tragic songs,
    G

    and this was one of my favorites
    D
    G

    when I used to do concerts all alone in college,
    E

    first one place to another, when I was called

    on to take the guitar and
    G

    play and sing.

    That's the best way to do folk songs,

    just with a guitar.
    D
    G

    Then you can use any meter you want to, out of time,

    out of meter, stop and talk a minute

    it and start again.
    D

    That's the way I used to like to do tunes.
    G

    This is a song coming
    D
    G

    from the hills of
    D

    Kentucky in the coal mining country.
    G
    D

    They used to bring it out in these
    G

    dinky little trains, you know.

    And they were always
    D
    G

    jumping the track.
    D

    And this is the
    G

    story of one of them.

    It's the wreck of number nine.

    One dark stormy night,
    C

    not a star was in sight
    G

    The north wind came
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    howling down the line
    G

    There stood a brave engineer,
    C

    with his sweet heart so dear
    G
    D
    G

    And his orders to flow number nine
    D

    She kissed him goodbye
    G

    with a tear in her eye
    C
    G
    D

    The joy in his heart he couldn't hide
    G

    The whole world seemed bright
    C

    for she told him that night
    G

    That tomorrow she'd
    D
    G

    be his blushing bride

    The wheels hummed a song
    C

    as the train rolled along
    G

    The black smoke came
    D

    pouring from the stack
    G

    The headlight, a gleam,
    C

    seemed to brighten his dream
    G
    D
    G

    Of tomorrow, when he'd be going back
    D

    He sped round the hill and
    G

    his brave heart stood still
    C
    G
    D

    The headlight was shining in his face
    G

    He whispered a prayer as
    C

    he threw on the air
    G
    D

    For he knew this would be
    G
    C
    G

    his final race
    D
    G


    In the wreck he was found
    C

    lying there on the ground
    G
    D

    He asked them to raise his weary head
    G

    His breath slowly went as
    C

    this message he
    G
    D

    Sent to a maiden who thought
    G

    she would be wed
    D

    There's a little white home
    G

    that I built for our own
    C
    G

    Where I dreamed we'd be happy,
    D

    you and I
    G

    But I leave it to you,
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    for I know you'll be true
    G
    D

    Till we meet at the golden gates, goodbye
    G

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