Tablature wreck of the old 97 - Hank Snow

          



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  Date: 4/6/97; 12:10:30 PM

  From: "Gene L. Graham" <ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu>

  Subject: THE WRECK OF THE OLD 97

  

  

  THE WRECK OF THE OLD 97

  Recorded by Hank Snow

  Written by Charles Noell, Fred Lewey and Whitter/Work

  

  [A] They give him his orders at [D] Monroe, Virginia,

  Sayin', [A] "Steve, you're way behind [E7] time

  This is [A] not 38, but it's Old [D] 97

  You must [A] put her in [E7] Spencer on [A] time."

  

  Then he look around and said to his black, greasy fireman

  "Just shovel on a little more coal

  And when we cross that White Oak Mountain

  You can watch Old 97 roll."

  

  Fiddle break:

  

  It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville

  In a line on a three-mile grade

  It was on that grade that he lost his airbrakes

  Oh, you see what a jump he made.

  

  Guitar break:

  

  He was goin' down grade making 90 miles an hour

  When	his whistle broke into a scream

  He was found	in the wreck with his hand on the throttle

  And was scalded to death by the steam.

  

  Fiddle break:

  

  Now ladies, you must take warning

  >From this time on and learn

  Never speak harsh words to your true love or husband

  He may leave you and never return.

  

  Source: HANK SNOW - THE WRECK OF THE OLD 97

          1971 RCA CXS 9009(e) 


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 Wreck of the old 97, de Hank snow 

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