WABASH CANNONBALL

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from the great atlantic ocean
                 C
the wide pacific shore
         D
from the green and flowering mountains
                         G
to the south belt by the shore

she's mighty tall and handsome
                        C
and known quite well by all
        D
she's a modern combination
                        G
called the wabash cannonball


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listen to the jingle
                   C
the rumble and the roar
        D
as she glides along the woodlands
                            D
over the hills and by the shores
         G
hear the mighty rush of the engine  
                        C
hear the lonsome hobos' call
      D
we're travelling through the jungles
              G
on the wabash cannonball


the eastern states are dandies
so the western people say
from new york to chicago
and rock island by the way
from hills of minnesota
where the rippling waters fall
no chances to be taken
on the wabash cannonball

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i rode the i.c. limited
also the royal blue
across the eastern counties
on the elkhorn number two
i rode these highball trains
from coast to coast and that's all
but I have found no equal
to the wabash cannonball

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here's to daddy klaxton
may his name forever be
always be remembered
in the ports of tennessee
his earthly race is over now
the curtains 'round him fall
we'll carry him home to victory
on the wabash cannonball

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