The Wreck Of The Old 97 chords by
Pete Seeger
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Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well they gave him his orders at Monroe,
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Virginia
Said: "Steve,
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you're way behind time
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"This is not 38, this is Ol' 97
"Put her into Spencer on time."
Verse 2
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Then he turned around and said to his black, greasy
fireman
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"Shovel on a little more coal
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"And when we cross that White
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Oak mountain
"Watch Ol' '97 roll."
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An d
Verse 3
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then a telegram come
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from Washington station
This is how it read
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"Oh that brave
engineer that run ol 97
"Is lyin in old Danville dead."
Verse 4
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'Cos he was going down a grade
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making 90 miles an hour
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The whistle broke into a scream
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He was found in the wreck
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with his hand on the throttle
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Scalded to death by the steam
Verse 5
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One more time!
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Verse 6
Oh, now all you ladies you'd better
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take a warning
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From this time on and learn
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Never speak hard words to
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your true- lovin' husband
He may leave you and never return
Poor boy

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