Wreck of the Old '97 Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe,
Virginia
Said, [A]Steve you're way behind [D]time
This is not Thirty-Eight;
this is old Ninety-Seven,
So So [A]put her into Spencer on [D]time

[Verse 2]
Then he [G]turned and said to his black,
greasy [D]fireman
[G]Shovel on a little more [A]coal[F#dim][F#m]
[A]And [D]when we cross that
White Oak Moun[G]tain,
[D]Watch old [A]Ninety-Seven roll
[D]roll

[Verse 3]
[D]
And then the telegram came
from [G]Washington station
And [A]this is how [D]it read:
Oh that brave engineer that
[G]ran old Ninety-Seven
Is Is [A]lying in old Danville [D]dead

[Verse 4]
'Cause he was [G]going down the grade
makin' ninety miles an [D]hour
When the [G]whistle broke
into a [A]scream[G]
[A]He was fou[D]nd in the wreck,
with his hand on the [G]throttle,
[A]Scalded to death by [D]the steam

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][A]
[D][G][D][A][D][G][D][A]
[D][G][D][A][D]

[Verse 5]
Now all you ladies [G]you
better take warnin'
From [A]this time on and [D]learn
Never speak harsh words
to a [G]true lovin' husband
He [A]may leave you and never re[D]turn
'Board 'board
Yodelay he, [A]he, he, he, he, he

[Outro 1]
[G][F][C][D]