Wreck Of The 97 chords by
Patrick Sky
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Key: D major
Verse 1
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Music
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As I stood on the mountain
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one cold frosty morning
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Just watching the smoke from below
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It was twirlin' from an old
lonesome smokestack
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Way down on the Southern Road
Well, picked up his orders
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in Monroe, Virginia
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Sayin', Steve, you're way behind time
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This is not 38, but it's 097
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Gonna put her into Spencer on time
Then he turned and he said
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to his black greasy fireman
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Shovel in a little more coal
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And when we reach that old
white oak mountain
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You can watch old 97 roll
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Now it's a mighty rough road
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from Lynchburg to Danville
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And she's lyin' on a three -mile grade
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It was on that stretch that
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he lost his air brakes
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You can see what a jump he made
He was comin' down that grade
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makin' ninety miles
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An hour when his whistle
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broke into a scream
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And they found him in a wreck
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with his hand on a throttle
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He was scalded to death by the steam
Well, the music was a -travelin'
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o 'er the telegraph wires
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This is what it said
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Said that brave engineer
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from Monroe, Virginia
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Is a -linin' that graveyard dead
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So I'm tellin' you, my fair ladies
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Take warning from this time on and learn
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Never speak harsh words
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to your true lovin' husband
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He may leave you to never re
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turn
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You

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