The Wreck Of The Old 97
The Wreck Of The Old 97

The Wreck Of The Old 97 easy guitar chords by Pete Seeger

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Well they 
    gave him 
    his orders 
    at Mon
    roe, 

    Vir
    ginia 

    Said: 
    "Steve, 

    you're way 
    behind 
    time 

    "This 
    is not 
    38, this 
    is 
    Ol' 
    97 

    "Put her 
    into Spencer 
    on time." 

    Verse 2
    Then he 
    turned around 
    and 
    said to his black, 
    greasy 

    fireman 

    "Shovel 
    on a little 
    more 
    coal 

    "And 
    when 
    we 
    cross 
    that White 

    Oak 
    moun
    tain 

    "Watch 
    Ol' 
    '97 roll." 

    An
    Verse 3
    then 
    a telegram 
    come 

    from Wash
    ington 
    station 

    This 
    is how 
    it 
    read 

    "Oh 
    that 
    brave 

    engineer that run 
    ol 97 

    "Is lyin 
    in 
    old 
    Danville dead." 

    Verse 4
    'Cos 
    he 
    was going 
    down 
    a grade 

    mak
    ing 
    90 miles 
    an hour 

    The whistle 
    broke 
    into 
    scream 

    He was found 
    in 
    the wreck 

    with 
    his hand 
    on 
    the throttle 

    Scalded 
    to death 
    by 
    the steam 

    Verse 5
    One more 
    time! 

    Verse 6

    Oh, now all you ladies 
    you'd better 

    take 
    warning 

    From this 
    time 
    on 
    and 
    learn 

    Never 
    speak 
    hard 
    words 
    to 

    your true- 
    lovin' 
    husband 

    He may 
    leave 
    you 
    and never 
    return 

    Poor 
    boy 

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