Wabash Cannonball

WABASH CANNONBALL Roy Acuff INTRO: CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL G C Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar D G As she glides along the woodland, through the hills and by the shore G C Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobo squall D G Your travelin through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball. VERSE ONE GC DG 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 TWO 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 form Tennessee , she??s long and she??s tall D G She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL G C Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar D G As she glides along the woodland, through the hills and by the shore G C Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobo squall D G Your travelin through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball. VERSE THREE G C Our Eastern states are dandy, so the people always say DG G C To the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall D G No chances will be taken on the Wabash Cannonball. VERSE FOUR 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 earthy race is over and the curtain round him fall D G He'll be carried home to victory on the Wabash Cannonball. CHORUS : REPEAT AS INSTRUMENTAL G C Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar D G As she glides along the woodland, through the hills and by the shore G C Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobo squall D G Your travelin through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball. CHORUS REPEAT / VOCALLY G C Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar D G As she glides along the woodland, through the hills and by the shore G C Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobo squall D G Your travelin through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball.