Vernon Dalhart - Wreck of The Old '97 (failed - reindex)

      
 
 I'm not sure what key this is done in, but this one here is in the key of G.
 
 G                        
 They gave him his orders,
    C                
 At Monroe, Virginia,
        G                       D   
 Sayin' Pete you're way behind time.
         G                C       
 This is not '38, but its old '97,
          G            D          G    
 You must put her into Spencer on time.
 
 (Verse 2)
 G                        
 He looked round an' said,
        C                     
 To his black, greasy fireman,
      G                       D    
 Jus' shove on in a lil' more coal.
     G                  C                 
 And when we cross that wide old mountain,
         G           D G    
 You can watch old '97 roll.
 
 (Verse 3)
 G                       
 Its a mighty rough road,
      C                     
 From Lynchburg to Danville,
      G                    D     
 In a line on a three mile grade.
        G             
 It was on that grade,
 C                         
 That he lost his airbrake,
         G          D       G    
 And you see what a jump he made.
 
 (Verse 4)
 G                           
 He was goin' down the grade,
        C                    
 Makin' ninety miles an hour,
          G                    D      
 When his whistle broke into a scream.
        G                  
 He was found in the wreck,
          C                    
 With his hand on the throttle,
       G          D            G     
 And a scalded to death by the steam.
 
 (Verse 5)
 G              C                 
 Now ladies you must take warnin',
      G                 D  
 From this time now and on.
       G                 
 Never speak harsh words,
         C                     
 To your true love and husband,
        G             D     G      
 He may leave you and never return.
 
 Hope ya have fun with this timeless standard.
 
 (Thanks to Michael Owens for tabs)