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The Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff Chords

Chords: G, C, D

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Genre: country, folk, harmonica


**All [Instrumentals] are based on the Chorus.

[Intro]
(Dobro Intro)
G C D G

[Verse 1]
G C
From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore
D G
From the queen of flowing mountains, to the south bell by the shore
G C
she's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all
D G
She's the combination, on the Wabash Cannonball

[Verse 2]
G C
She came down from Birmingham, one cold December day
D G
as she rolled into the station, you could hear all the people say
G C
there's a girl from Tennessee, she's long and she's tall
D G
She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball

[Instrumental]
G C D G
G C D G

[Verse 3]
G C
Our Eastern states are dandy, so the people always say
D G
From New York to Saint Louis and Chicago by the way
G C
From the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall
D G
No chances will be taken on the Wabash Cannonball

[Instrumental]
G C D G
G C D G

[Verse 4]
G C
Here's to daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand
D G
And always be remembered ‘round the courts of Alabam
G C
His earthly race is over and the curtain round him fall

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