Chords for The Osborne Brothers - Wreck Of The Old 97

[E] _ _ The [C] first country music million-seller [E] recorded I think first in 1925
_ by Vernon Dalhart, I believe and
_ _ Bobby's gonna sing it.
It's off that new album.
In fact off the album.
I just told you about it's called a wreck of old 97
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_ [E] There's a couple of [B] ranches [E] Spencer on the line
He turned and said [A] to the black breezy
man [E] Shovel on a little [B] more _ _
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now [E] you can't watch your [B] 97 [E] grow _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ It's _
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_ [E] a mighty road [A] from Lynchburg to [E] Danville
The line's on a three [B]-mile bridge
[E] It was on this [A] grade
And he lost his air [E] brakes, you see what a jump he [Em] made
He was burned [E] down great, [A] and we could not him out
[E] His whistle broke [B] into screams _
[E] He was found in the wreck, [A] with his head on the throttle
[E] Scored [B] it to death [E] by the stake _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [A] you must take warning [E] from this time on
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[E] Never speak harsh [A] words to your true love and husband
[E] He'll leave you and never return
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