Chords for Ben Dewberry's Final Run by Jimmie Rodgers (1927)
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
A#m
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [C#]
[A#]
[G#]
[C#] Bendy Berry was a brave engineer, he told his fireman, don't you ever fear.
All I want is the water and coal, put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll.
Watch [F#] the drivers roll, watch the drivers [C#] roll.
[G#] Put your [C#] head out the window, [G#] watch the drivers [C#] roll.
[A#m]
[C#] [G#]
[C#]
[G#] [C#] Bendy Berry said before he died, two more roads that he wanted to ride.
His fireman asked him, what could they be, said the old northeastern and the A&B.
[F#] The A&B, [C#]
he [F#] said the A [C#]&B.
[G#] It's [C#] the old [G#] northeastern and the A&B.
[C#]
[A#] [A] [A#m]
[A#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[G#]
[C#] On the fatal morning it began to rain, around the curve come a passenger train.
[A#m]
Bendy [C#] Berry was the engineer, with the throttle wide open and without any fear.
He didn't [F#] have no fear, he didn't have no [C#] fear.
[G#] He had [C#] a running wide [G#] open without any [C#] fear.
[A#m]
[F#] [A]
[A#m]
[A#]
[G#]
[C#]
Ben looked at his watch, shook his head, we may make it land but we'll all be dead.
The train went flying by the throttling switch, without any warning then she took the [G#] ditch.
Yes she [F#] went in the ditch, [C#]
well [F#] she took the [C#] ditch,
[G#] [C#] without any [G#] warning then she took the [C#] ditch.
[A#] [A] [A#m]
[C#]
The big locomotive leaped from the rail, Ben never lived to [A#m] tell that awful tale.
His [C#] life was ended and his work was done, when Bendy Berry made his final run.
He made his [F#]
final run, he made his final [C#] run,
[G#] when Bendy Berry made his final run.
[A#]
[G#]
[C#] Bendy Berry was a brave engineer, he told his fireman, don't you ever fear.
All I want is the water and coal, put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll.
Watch [F#] the drivers roll, watch the drivers [C#] roll.
[G#] Put your [C#] head out the window, [G#] watch the drivers [C#] roll.
[A#m]
[C#] [G#]
[C#]
[G#] [C#] Bendy Berry said before he died, two more roads that he wanted to ride.
His fireman asked him, what could they be, said the old northeastern and the A&B.
[F#] The A&B, [C#]
he [F#] said the A [C#]&B.
[G#] It's [C#] the old [G#] northeastern and the A&B.
[C#]
[A#] [A] [A#m]
[A#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[G#]
[C#] On the fatal morning it began to rain, around the curve come a passenger train.
[A#m]
Bendy [C#] Berry was the engineer, with the throttle wide open and without any fear.
He didn't [F#] have no fear, he didn't have no [C#] fear.
[G#] He had [C#] a running wide [G#] open without any [C#] fear.
[A#m]
[F#] [A]
[A#m]
[A#]
[G#]
[C#]
Ben looked at his watch, shook his head, we may make it land but we'll all be dead.
The train went flying by the throttling switch, without any warning then she took the [G#] ditch.
Yes she [F#] went in the ditch, [C#]
well [F#] she took the [C#] ditch,
[G#] [C#] without any [G#] warning then she took the [C#] ditch.
[A#] [A] [A#m]
[C#]
The big locomotive leaped from the rail, Ben never lived to [A#m] tell that awful tale.
His [C#] life was ended and his work was done, when Bendy Berry made his final run.
He made his [F#]
final run, he made his final [C#] run,
[G#] when Bendy Berry made his final run.
Key:
C#
G#
F#
A#m
A#
C#
G#
F#
[N] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ Bendy Berry was a brave engineer, _ he told his fireman, don't you ever fear. _
All I want is the water and coal, put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll.
Watch [F#] the drivers roll, _ _ _ watch the drivers [C#] roll. _ _
_ _ [G#] _ Put your [C#] head out the window, [G#] watch the drivers [C#] roll. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] Bendy Berry said before he died, two more roads that he wanted to ride.
His fireman asked him, what could they be, said the old _ northeastern and the A&B. _
[F#] The A&B, _ _ _ [C#]
he [F#] said the A [C#]&B. _ _ _
_ _ [G#] It's [C#] the old _ [G#] northeastern and the A&B.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _ [A#m] _
_ [A#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ On the fatal morning it began to rain, _ around the curve come a passenger train.
_ [A#m]
Bendy [C#] Berry was the engineer, with the throttle wide open and without any fear.
He didn't [F#] have no fear, _ _ he didn't have no [C#] fear. _ _ _ _
_ [G#] He had [C#] a running wide [G#] open without any [C#] fear. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ben looked at his watch, _ shook his head, we may make it land but we'll all be dead.
_ _ _ The train went flying by the throttling switch, without any warning then she took the [G#] ditch.
Yes she [F#] went in the ditch, _ _ _ [C#]
well [F#] she took the [C#] _ ditch, _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C#] without any [G#] warning then she took the [C#] _ ditch. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The big _ locomotive leaped from the rail, Ben never lived to [A#m] tell that awful tale.
His [C#] life was ended and his work was done, when Bendy Berry made his final run.
He made his [F#]
final run, _ _ _ he made his final [C#] run, _ _ _ _ _
[G#] when Bendy Berry made his final run. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ Bendy Berry was a brave engineer, _ he told his fireman, don't you ever fear. _
All I want is the water and coal, put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll.
Watch [F#] the drivers roll, _ _ _ watch the drivers [C#] roll. _ _
_ _ [G#] _ Put your [C#] head out the window, [G#] watch the drivers [C#] roll. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] Bendy Berry said before he died, two more roads that he wanted to ride.
His fireman asked him, what could they be, said the old _ northeastern and the A&B. _
[F#] The A&B, _ _ _ [C#]
he [F#] said the A [C#]&B. _ _ _
_ _ [G#] It's [C#] the old _ [G#] northeastern and the A&B.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _ [A#m] _
_ [A#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ On the fatal morning it began to rain, _ around the curve come a passenger train.
_ [A#m]
Bendy [C#] Berry was the engineer, with the throttle wide open and without any fear.
He didn't [F#] have no fear, _ _ he didn't have no [C#] fear. _ _ _ _
_ [G#] He had [C#] a running wide [G#] open without any [C#] fear. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ben looked at his watch, _ shook his head, we may make it land but we'll all be dead.
_ _ _ The train went flying by the throttling switch, without any warning then she took the [G#] ditch.
Yes she [F#] went in the ditch, _ _ _ [C#]
well [F#] she took the [C#] _ ditch, _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C#] without any [G#] warning then she took the [C#] _ ditch. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The big _ locomotive leaped from the rail, Ben never lived to [A#m] tell that awful tale.
His [C#] life was ended and his work was done, when Bendy Berry made his final run.
He made his [F#]
final run, _ _ _ he made his final [C#] run, _ _ _ _ _
[G#] when Bendy Berry made his final run. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _