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I'm Gonna Ride To Heaven On A Streamlined Train by Montana Slim
I'm Gonna Ride To Heaven On A Streamlined Train
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
[Intro]
G D G
[Verse 1]
G D
Well, everything's a-changin' as the days go rollin' by.
G
Believe I'm gettin' old and I know I soon must die.
C G E
Always ridin' box-cars, forever on the roam,
A D G
Where'er I hang my hat to me is home, sweet home.
[Verse 2]
G D
Well, I been kinda watchin' all them new designs.
G
Trains look like a bullet; she suits me mighty fine.
C G E
I'm goin' to crawl aboard her when she heads out for fame.
A D G
I'm gonna ride to heaven on a streamlined train.
[Verse 3]
G D
I met a guy named Jolson who's good to ride a mule.
G
To all the folks that know him, he's a reg'lar singin' fool.
C G E
Well, I ain't takin' chances; I've ev'rything to gain.
A D G
I'm goin' to ride to heaven on a streamlined train.
[Verse 4]
G D
There'll be no cops to bother; there'll be no fires to stoke,
G
And if you don't like my shootin', you don't have to smell my smoke,
C G E
'Cause I'm a-sittin' pretty, boys; I'm on the trail of fame.
A D G
I'm gonna ride to heaven on a streamlined train.
[Verse 5]
G
Oh, I'm gonna ride to heaven on a streamlined train.
D G
Gonna crawl aboard her whether sunshine or rain.
C G E
Four and three is seven; six and five's eleven.
A D G
I'm gonna ride to heaven on a streamlined train.
[Verse 6]
G D
I'll bet when old Saint Peter gazes up the trail,
D7 G
He'll pull his old white whiskers and start a-growin' pale.
C G E
He'll brush the cobwebs from his eyes and wonder if he's sane
A D G
When he sees me a-comin' on a streamlined train.
[Instrumental]
G D G
C G D G
[Verse 7]
G D
He'll grant me fair admittance; I'll take his shakin' hand.
D7 G
Says he: “I think you'll like it, boy; the weather here is grand.”
C G E
I ask him: “How's the bummin'?” Says he: “You can't complain.
A D G
I'm glad I rode to heaven on a streamlined train.”
[Verse 8]
G D
We started on to heaven; oh what a gorgeous place!
G
There was not a soul a-workin', no need to wash my face.
C G E
'Twas then I spied the devil a-standin' by the gate,
A D G
A-waitin' for some victim who'd surely meet his fate.
[Verse 9]
G D
He kinda looks me over; a scowl come o'er his face.
D7 G
Says he: “I ain't got room for the sinner in my place.
C G E
They'll make me lose my business, they'll bind me up in chains
A D G
When people ride to heaven on a streamlined train.”
[Verse 10]
G D
I heared a feller yodelin' way down there below.
D7 G
Says he: “That's where the crooners and all the yodelers go.”
C G E
I said I felt contented, and didn't care for fame,
A D G
Although I rode to heaven on a streamlined train.”
[Instrumental]
G D G
C G D G
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