Golden Rocket

Hank Snow

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
From old Montana down to Alabama
     F
I've been before and I'll travel again
    C                                G7
You trifling women can't keep a good man down
    C
You dealt the cards but you missed the play
   F
So hit the road and be on your way
      C                G7               C
Gonna board the Golden Rocket and leave this town

Verse 2

I was a good engine a-running on time
But baby I'm switching to another line
So honey never hang your signal out for me
I'm tired of running on the same old track
Bought a one-way ticket and I won't be back
This Golden Rocket's gonna roll my blues away

Verse 3

Hear that lonesome whistle blow
That's your cue and by now you know
That I got another true lover waiting in Tennessee
This Midnight Special's a-burning the rail
So woman don't try to follow my trail
This Golden Rocket's gonna roll my blues away

Verse 4

Hear her thunder on through the night
This Golden Rocket is a-doing me right
And that sunny old Southland sure is a part of me
Now from your call-board erase my name
Your fire went out you done lost your flame
And this Golden Rocket is a-rolling my blues away

Verse 5

That old conductor he seemed to know
You'd done me wrong I was feeling low
For he yelled aloud we're over that Dixon Line
The brakeman started singing a song
Said you're worried now but it won't be long
This Golden Rocket is leaving your blues behind

Verse 6

Then the porter yelled with his southern drawl
Let's rise and shine good morning you all
And I sprang to my feet to greet the new-born day
When I kissed my baby in the station door
That whistle blew like it never before
On the Golden Rocket that rolled my blues away