Capo 1st fret

Intro:

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Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia.

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Said, "Steve, you're way behinf time.

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This is not Thirty-Eight, this is old Ninety-Seven.

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Put her into Spencer on      time."

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Then he turned around and said to his black, greasy fireman,

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"Shovel on a little more coal.

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And when we cross that White Oak Mountain,

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Watch old Ninety-Seven roll."

Guitar Solo:

Instrumental verse

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And then a telegram comes from Washington Station,

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     This is how it read:

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"Oh, that brave engineer that run old Ninety-Seven

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Is lyin' in old Danville dead."

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'Cause he was goin' down a grade makin' ninety miles an hour,

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The whistle broke into a scream.

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He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle,

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Scalded to death by the steam. One more time!

Guitar Solo:

Instrumental verse

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Well, now, all you ladies, you better take the warnin'

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From this time on and learn.

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Never speak hard words to your true lovin' husband.

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He may leave you and never re-turn. Poor boy.