Chords for Boxcar Willie - Wabash Cannonball

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_ _ [N] Ladies and gentlemen, Mr.
Roy Acuff is 82 years old this fall.
_ He still gets on the stage every Friday and Saturday night on the Grand Ole Opry.
_ But he was off for five months recently and I told him, I said,
sure glad to see you back, King, because I'm getting tired carrying you. _ _ _ _ _
He said, I hope somebody always does the Wabash Cannonball.
I said, sir, if I outlive you, I'll always do [G#] the Wabash [A] Cannonball.
This _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] is for you, Mr.
Acuff.
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_ _ _ _ [D] Pacific school, [E] _
_ _ _ Southville, [A] Madison.
In the Madder, _ in the Hobo [F#] school.
[E] No changes can be taken on the Wabash [A] Cannonball.
Yeah, _ _
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[E] you can speak your time.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ She rolled into Birmingham in late [Em] [Bm] September.
[E] And she rolled into the evening here on the [A] people's stage. _ _
_ She's an Army [Bm] school.
[E] She's a combination of the Wabash [A] Cannonball. _ _ _
_ _ Chuck [D] James and his [A] custom finger guitar.
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Here's to Daddy Francis, [E] man, the [D] name of a busting.
[Bm] Always [E] be remembered throughout [A] this great land.
His earthly race is over [C#] and we're to [D] a draw.
[Bm] [E] Gonna carry him up to heaven on the Wabash [C#m] Cannonball.
[A] _ Well, listen to the jingle on the [Bm] limbo [E] floor.
As he flies along the woods and mighty hills [A] and by the shore.
In the mighty rest of the union, he'll learn all some [D] hobo's [E] walk.
No changes can be taken on the Wabash [A] Cannonball.
_ [E] We're holding right to Dixie on the Wabash [A] Cannon_
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