Chords for Old 97 Flatts and Scruggs

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_ _ _ _ _ Well they gave him his [Eb] orders in Monroe, Virginia, [Bb] saying, Steve, you're way [F] behind time.
_ [Bb] This is not 38, [Eb] but it's old 97, you [Bb] must put her into [Dm] Spencer [Bb] on the dime. _ _ _
Well he turned around and [Eb] said to his [Bb] fireman, shove her in a little [F] more pool.
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[Bb] And when we cross [Eb] this big wide mountain, [Bb] we'll watch [Dm] old 97.
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_ _ It's a mighty rough road [Eb] from Blanksburg to Danville, [Bb] and lined on a three [F] mile grade.
_ [Bb] It's on that grade [Eb] that he lost his eye [Bb] breaks, you see what a jump he made.
_ _ _ They were going down the grade, [Eb] making 90 mile an hour, [Bb] when his whistle broke into [F] a scream.
_ [Bb] He was found in a wreck [Eb] with his hand loose, throttled, [Bb] was [F] scalded to death [Bb] by the steam. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ Then the telegram came [Eb] to Washington City, [Bb] and this is how [F] it read.
_ The [Bb] brave engineer that [Eb] run old 97 [Bb] is [F] lying in old [Bb] Danville dead. _ _ _
_ Now all you ladies, [Eb] be take [Bb] warning, from this time now I have [F] learned.
[Bb] Never speak harsh words to [Eb] your true love, and husband [Bb] may leave you [Dm] [Bb] never returned. _
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