Misc Originals – Big John Khatt And The Highland Blues Band - The Wabash Cannonball (Guitar)
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The Wabash Cannonball - Big John Khatt And The Highland Blues Band
Recorded live in Metz, France in 1962.
Notes:
Always got a lot of requests for this one, no matter where
we played. I learned this version as a wee lad, way back
when. However, there are several versions of the lyrics..
the original is believed to have been written in 1882.)
[Verse 1]
G C From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore.. D G she climbs the flowery mountains, over hills and by the shore. G C She's mighty tall and handsome, and she's known quite well by all. D G She's the hobo's accomodation..the Wabash Cannonball.
[Verse 2]
G C Oh, the Eastern states are dandy, so the Western people say.. D G Chicago, Rock Island, St. Louis..by the way. G C To the lakes of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall.. D G no changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball.
[Chorus]
G C Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar.. D G as she glides along the woodland, over hills and by the shore. G C Hear the mighty rush of her engine..hear the lonesome hobos call.. D G she glides along the woodlands, the Wabash Cannonball.
[Verse 3]
G C Well, she came on down from Birming-Town one cold December day.. D G as she pulled into the station you could hear all the people say. G C She's from Tennessee..she's long and she's tall. D G She come on down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball.
[Verse 4]
G C Oh, here's to Daddy Claxon, let his name forever be.. D G and long be remembered in the courts of Tennessee. G C For he's a good old rounder 'til the curtains 'round him fall.. D G he'll be carried on to Glory on the Wabash Cannonball.
[Verse 5]
G C I have rode the I.C. Limited, also the Royal Blue.. D G across the Eastern counties on Elkhorn Number Two. G C I have rode those highball trains, from coast to coast and all.. D G but I have found no equal to the Wabash Cannonball.
[Chorus]
G C Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar.. D G as she winds along the woodlands, over hills and by the shore. G C She's a mighty pretty lady, she's long and she's tall.. D G she's come on down from Birming-Town..the Wabash Cannonball.
[Outro]
G C Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar.. D G as she winds along the woodlands, over hills and by the shore. G C Hear the mighty rush of her engine..hear the lonesome hobos call.. D G she's ridin' on to Glory..the Wabash Cannonball..
(Fade)