Willie Nelson – Wabash Cannonball (Guitar)

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Album "Both Sides Now" - track 2 Released on March 23 1970. Wabash Cannonball is a big steam locomotive.
[Riff]
(bass is tuned drop D)
       D       E         A       E
e|---|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---|-----------------|-0---------------|
D|-0-|-0---1---2-------|---------2-----0-|
[Verse 1]
         E
From the great Atlantic ocean

                    A
To the wide Pacific shore

       B
To the queen of flowing mountains

                         E
For the hills and by the shore

      E
She's mighty tall and handsome

                              A
And she's known quite well by all

B
She came down from Birmingham

                     E
On the Wabash Cannonball
[Chorus]
         E
Well now listen to the jingle

                      A
To the rumble and the roar

       B
As she glides along the woodland

                             E
Through the hills and by the shore

         E
Hear the mighty rush of the engine

                        A
And the lonesome hoboes call

   B
No changes can be taken

                     E
On the Wabash Cannonball
[Interlude] (steel) | E | E | E | A | | B | B7 | B | E | | E | E | E | A | | B | B7 | B | E | [Verse 2]
    E
Now here's to daddy Claxton

                     A
May his name forever stand

    B
And always be remembered

                            E
In the ports throughout the land

    E
His earthly race is over

                          A
And the curtain round him falls

      B
We'll carry him home to Glory

                     E
On the Wabash Cannonball
[Chorus]
         E
Well now listen to the jingle

                      A
To the rumble and the roar

       B
As she glides along the woodland

                             E
Through the hills and by the shore

         E
Hear the mighty rush of the engine

                        A
And the lonesome hoboes call

   B
No changes can be taken

                     E
On the Wabash Cannonball
[Interlude] (guitar) | E | E | E | A | | B | B7 | B | E | | E | E | E | A | | B | B7 | B | E | [Chorus]
         E
Well now listen to the jingle

                      A
To the rumble and the roar

       B
As she glides along the woodland

                             E
Through the hills and by the shore

         E
Hear the mighty rush of the engine

                        A
And the lonesome hoboes call

   B
No changes can be taken

                     E
On the Wabash Cannonball