Chords for Ben Dewberry's Final Run by Jimmie Rodgers (1927)

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_ [C#] _ _ _ _ Bendy Berry was a brave engineer, _ he told his fireman, don't you ever fear. _
All I want is the water and coal, put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll.
Watch [F#] the drivers roll, _ _ _ watch the drivers [C#] roll. _ _
_ _ [G#] _ Put your [C#] head out the window, [G#] watch the drivers [C#] roll. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] Bendy Berry said before he died, two more roads that he wanted to ride.
His fireman asked him, what could they be, said the old _ northeastern and the A&B. _
[F#] The A&B, _ _ _ [C#]
he [F#] said the A [C#]&B. _ _ _
_ _ [G#] It's [C#] the old _ [G#] northeastern and the A&B.
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_ [C#] _ _ On the fatal morning it began to rain, _ around the curve come a passenger train.
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Bendy [C#] Berry was the engineer, with the throttle wide open and without any fear.
He didn't [F#] have no fear, _ _ he didn't have no [C#] fear. _ _ _ _
_ [G#] He had [C#] a running wide [G#] open without any [C#] fear. _ _ _ _ _
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Ben looked at his watch, _ shook his head, we may make it land but we'll all be dead.
_ _ _ The train went flying by the throttling switch, without any warning then she took the [G#] ditch.
Yes she [F#] went in the ditch, _ _ _ [C#]
well [F#] she took the [C#] _ ditch, _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C#] without any [G#] warning then she took the [C#] _ ditch. _ _ _
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_ _ The big _ locomotive leaped from the rail, Ben never lived to [A#m] tell that awful tale.
His [C#] life was ended and his work was done, when Bendy Berry made his final run.
He made his [F#]
final run, _ _ _ he made his final [C#] run, _ _ _ _ _
[G#] when Bendy Berry made his final run. _ _ _ _ _ _
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