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Southern Cannon Ball by Jimmie Rodgers
Southern Cannon Ball
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:2nd fret
[Intro]
| D | A D | D | D A |
| D | A D |
(yodelin' locomotive)
[Verse 1]
D
Oh, I had to quit railroading, we didn't agree at all
G D A D
There was always something wrong with the Southern Cannonball
[Verse 2]
G D
I once loved a maiden, she was fair and tall
G D E A
Her father was the engineer on the Southern Cannonball
[Verse 3]
D D/G D
She promised she would wed me, in the merry month of June
G D A D
And go to the Magic Islands to spend our honeymoon
[Break]
| D A7 | D | G | D |
| A7/D | D |
(yodel)
[Verse 4]
G D
At last my dreams were shattered, when she put me off with a stall
E/A D E A
She said the whistle was broken on the Southern Cannonball
[Verse 5]
D D/G
I loved this girl so dearly so I fixed the whistle back
G D D/A
The next thing she told me, the caboose is off of the track
[Break]
| D | D | G | D |
| D A |
(yodel)
[Verse 6]
D G D
For days and nights I labored to get it back with the train
G D E D
And all was ready for the high ball, the bell refused to ring
[Break]
| D A | D |
(yodel)
[Verse 7]
G D
I fixed the bell in a jiffy and called the preacher done
E D A D
Who married us in an old boxcar for the train refused to run
[Outro]
| D | A D | D A7 | D |
(yodel)
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