Streamlined Cannonball

Norman Blake

Key of G · Chords: I IV V vi

Intro

G D G G7 C G
C G Em G D G

Verse 1

G
A long steel rail
G
And a short cross tie
C                  G
I'm on my way back home
            C
I'm on that train
    G            Em
The king of them all
     G           D G
That Streamlined Cannonball

Chorus

G                          G7/F
And she moves along like a cannonball
       C                     G
Like a star in it's heavenly flight
                 C            G           Em
And the lonesome sound is the whistle you love
       G          D           G
As she travels on through the night

Interlude

G G7 C G
C G Em G D G

Verse 2

G
Her headlight gleams out through the night
C                       G
That blaze of flash you see
             C           G            Em
The blinds I ride is the light that I love
     G          D       G
It's home sweet home to me

Chorus

G                          G7/F
And she moves along like a cannonball
       C                     G
Like a star in it's heavenly flight
                 C            G           Em
And the lonesome sound is the whistle you love
       G          D           G
As she travels on through the night

Interlude

G C G
C G Em G D G

Verse 3

G
And I can see a smile
G
On the engineer
C                     G
Although he's old and grey
            C
A contented heart
        G          Em
In your wait's the call
       G           D G
Of his Streamlined Cannonball

Out-Chorus

G                          G7/F
And she moves along like a cannonball
       C                     G
Like a star in it's heavenly flight
                 C            G           Em
And the lonesome sound is the whistle you love
       G          D           G    C G
As she travels on through the night