Streamline Cannonball (CAPO 4)

Tonart: E C C C C
F F C C
1. It’s a long steel rail and a short cross tie
I’m on my way back home C F C Am
I’m on that train, the king of them all
C G C C
That streamline cannonball

Ref. She moves along like a cannonball

Like a star in it’s heavenly flight
The lonesome sound of the whistle you love
As she travels through the night

2. I can see a smile on the engineer’s face

And although he’s old and gray E E E E
A contented heart he waits for his call A A E E
On the streamline cannonball
E A E C#m
Ref:
E B E E
3. The headlight beams out in the night
And the firebox flash you can see
I ride the blinds it’s the life that I love
Lord it’s home sweet home to me 1 1 1 1
Ref: 4 4 1 1
C|G|C|C
1 4 1 6m
As she travels through the night 1 5 1 1