Chords for Johnny Cash - Wreck Of The Old 97
Tempo:
116.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B]
[E]
[E]
[A]
Well, they give him his [D] orders at Monroe, Virginia, [A] saying,
Steve, you're way [E] behind time.
[A] This is not 38, [D] this is old 97.
[A] You must put her in the dispenser on time.
Then he turned around and said [D] to his black breezy fireman,
[A] shovel on a little [E] more coal.
[A] And when we [D] cross that white oak mountain, [F#] watch [E] old 97 roll.
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D]
[A] [B] [A]
But it's a mighty rough road [D] from Lynchburg to Danville,
[A] and a line on a three [E] mile grade.
It was on [A] that grade [D] that he lost his air [A] brakes.
See [E] what a jump [A] he made.
He was going down the grade, making 90 miles an hour.
His was so broken [E] to a screen.
[A] He was found in the wreck [D] with his hand on the throttle,
[A] a skull that [E] had died by [A] the steam.
[D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D]
[A] [E] [A]
Then a telegram come [D] to Washington Station,
[A] and this is how [E] it read.
Oh, [A] that brave engineer, [D] that run old 97,
[A] he's a lion in old Danville dead.
So now all you ladies, [D] you better take a warning [A] from this
time on [E] and learn it.
[A] Never speak harsh words [D] to your true loving husband.
[A] He may leave you and never return.
[E]
[B] [A]
[E]
[E]
[A]
Well, they give him his [D] orders at Monroe, Virginia, [A] saying,
Steve, you're way [E] behind time.
[A] This is not 38, [D] this is old 97.
[A] You must put her in the dispenser on time.
Then he turned around and said [D] to his black breezy fireman,
[A] shovel on a little [E] more coal.
[A] And when we [D] cross that white oak mountain, [F#] watch [E] old 97 roll.
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D]
[A] [B] [A]
But it's a mighty rough road [D] from Lynchburg to Danville,
[A] and a line on a three [E] mile grade.
It was on [A] that grade [D] that he lost his air [A] brakes.
See [E] what a jump [A] he made.
He was going down the grade, making 90 miles an hour.
His was so broken [E] to a screen.
[A] He was found in the wreck [D] with his hand on the throttle,
[A] a skull that [E] had died by [A] the steam.
[D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D]
[A] [E] [A]
Then a telegram come [D] to Washington Station,
[A] and this is how [E] it read.
Oh, [A] that brave engineer, [D] that run old 97,
[A] he's a lion in old Danville dead.
So now all you ladies, [D] you better take a warning [A] from this
time on [E] and learn it.
[A] Never speak harsh words [D] to your true loving husband.
[A] He may leave you and never return.
[E]
[B] [A]
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_ Well, they give him his [D] orders at Monroe, Virginia, [A] saying,
Steve, you're way [E] behind time.
[A] This is not 38, [D] this is old 97.
[A] You must put her in the dispenser on time.
Then he turned around and said [D] to his black breezy fireman,
[A] shovel on a little [E] more coal.
[A] And when we [D] cross that white oak mountain, [F#] watch [E] old 97 roll.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
But it's a mighty rough road [D] from Lynchburg to Danville,
[A] and a line on a three [E] mile grade.
_ It was on [A] that grade [D] that he lost his air [A] brakes.
See [E] what a jump [A] he made.
He was going down the grade, making 90 miles an hour.
His was so broken [E] to a screen.
[A] He was found in the wreck [D] with his hand on the throttle,
[A] a skull that [E] had died by [A] the steam.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
Then a telegram come [D] to Washington Station,
[A] and this is how [E] it read.
Oh, [A] that brave engineer, [D] that run old 97,
[A] he's a lion in old Danville dead.
So now all you ladies, [D] you better take a warning [A] from this
time on [E] and learn it.
[A] Never speak harsh words [D] to your true loving husband.
[A] He may leave you and never return.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, they give him his [D] orders at Monroe, Virginia, [A] saying,
Steve, you're way [E] behind time.
[A] This is not 38, [D] this is old 97.
[A] You must put her in the dispenser on time.
Then he turned around and said [D] to his black breezy fireman,
[A] shovel on a little [E] more coal.
[A] And when we [D] cross that white oak mountain, [F#] watch [E] old 97 roll.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
But it's a mighty rough road [D] from Lynchburg to Danville,
[A] and a line on a three [E] mile grade.
_ It was on [A] that grade [D] that he lost his air [A] brakes.
See [E] what a jump [A] he made.
He was going down the grade, making 90 miles an hour.
His was so broken [E] to a screen.
[A] He was found in the wreck [D] with his hand on the throttle,
[A] a skull that [E] had died by [A] the steam.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
Then a telegram come [D] to Washington Station,
[A] and this is how [E] it read.
Oh, [A] that brave engineer, [D] that run old 97,
[A] he's a lion in old Danville dead.
So now all you ladies, [D] you better take a warning [A] from this
time on [E] and learn it.
[A] Never speak harsh words [D] to your true loving husband.
[A] He may leave you and never return.
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _