Wabash Cannonball

Hank Thompson

Written by W.M. Kindt

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
From the great Atlantic ocean
                    F
To the wide Pacific shore
                              G7
From the queen of the flowing mountains
                          C
To the south-bells by the shore

Verse 2

She's mighty tall and handsome
                        F
And known quite well by all
                G7
She's a regular combination
              C
On the Wabash Cannonball

Verse 3

Listen to the jingle
              F
To the rumble and the roar
                        G7
As she glides along the woodland
                             C
Through the hills and by the shore

Verse 4

Hear the mighty rush of the engine
                          F
Hear that lonesome hoboes call
                             G7
You're traveling through the jungle
              C
On the Wabash Cannonball

Verse 5

She came down from Birmingham
                  F
One cold December day
                       G7
As she rolled into the station
                              C
You could hear all the people say

Verse 6

Now there's a gal from Tennessee
                     F
She's long and she's tall
                   G7
She came down from Birmingham
              C
On the Wabash Cannonball

Verse 7

Our eastern states are dandy
                     F
So the people always say
                    G7
From New York to St Louis
                   C
And Chicago by the way

Verse 8

From the hills of Minnesota
                          F
Where the rippling waters fall
               G7
No changes can be taken
              C
On the Wabash Cannonball

Verse 9

Here's to daddy Claxton
                     F
May his name forever stand
               G7
And long to be remembered
                   C
Round the ports of Alabam

Verse 10

His earthly race is over
                           F
And the curtains round him fall
            G7
We'll carry him home to Dixie
              C
On the Wabash Cannonball

Verse 11

Listen to the jingle
                   F
The rumble and the roar
                        G7
As she glides along the woodland
                             C
Through the hills and by the shore

Verse 12

Hear the mighty rush of the engine
                          F
Hear that lonesome hoboes call
                             G7
You're traveling through the jungle
              C
On the Wabash Cannonball