Chords for Billy Strings "Steamline Cannonball" Doc Watson Set

Tempo:
140.1 bpm
Chords used:

F

Bb

Dm

C

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billy Strings "Steamline Cannonball" Doc Watson Set chords
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[F] She moves along like a cannonball, [Bb] like a song, till the [F] leaf fly.
[N] Doc Watson kind of came along and figured that song was about a train.
Trains don't just putt [Em] along, you know, they're [A] moving, they're blowing [C] steam.
[E] So Doc figured he ought to speed it up a little [N] bit.
And he kind of did this to it.
One, two, three.
[F] She's
[Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Dm] [F] [C]
[F]
wearing a short-cost tie, [Bb] I'm on my way [F] back home.
On the train to [Dm] Keeneland, [F] that streamlined cannonball.
She moves along like a cannonball, like a [Bb] story, till [F] the leaf fly.
The [Bb] long and [Dm] swell of a zilchy love, [C] as she travels on through [F] the night.
[Bb] [F]
[Dm]
[F]
The headlight she beams out through the night, and [Bb] the fireflies [F] she can see.
I'm riding the ride, it's the life that I love, it's home sweet home to me.
She moves along like a cannonball, like a story, till the leaf fly.
The [Eb] long and swell [F]
of a zilchy love, as she travels on through the night.
I
[Bb] [F]
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[F]
[Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[F] can see a smile on the engineer's face, [Bb] and know he's [F] old and gray.
[Bb] Contented heart, [F] he waits [Dm] for his call [F] on the streamlined cannonball.
She moves along like a cannonball, [Bb] like a story, till [F] the leaf fly.
The [Bb] long and [F] swell of a zilchy love, as she travels [C] on [F] through the night.
[Bb]
[F]
[Dm] [F]
[Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb]
[F] [Dm] [Bb]
[Dm] [F]
She moves along like a cannonball, [Eb] like a story, till the [F] leaf fly.
The long [Bb] and swell [Fm] of a zilchy love, as she travels [C] on through [F] the night.
The [Bb] long and [F] swell of a zilchy love, as she travels on through the night.
[N]
[Eb]
Key:  
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
C
3211
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
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[F] _ _ _ _ She moves along like a _ _ cannonball, [Bb] like a song, till the [F] leaf fly.
_ [N] Doc Watson kind of came along and figured that song was about a train. _
_ _ Trains don't just putt [Em] along, you know, they're [A] moving, they're blowing [C] steam.
[E] So Doc figured he ought to speed it up a little [N] bit.
_ And he kind of did this to it.
One, two, three.
[F] She's _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ wearing a short-cost tie, [Bb] I'm on my way [F] back home. _
_ On the train to [Dm] Keeneland, [F] that streamlined _ cannonball. _
She moves along like a _ cannonball, like a [Bb] story, till [F] the leaf fly. _
The [Bb] long and [Dm] swell of a zilchy love, [C] as she travels on through [F] the night. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The headlight she beams out through the night, and [Bb] the fireflies [F] she can see.
_ I'm riding the ride, it's the life that I love, it's home sweet home to me.
_ She moves along like a _ cannonball, like a story, till the leaf fly.
_ The [Eb] long and swell [F]
of a zilchy love, as she travels on through the night.
I _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ can see a smile on the engineer's face, [Bb] and know he's [F] old and gray.
_ _ [Bb] Contented heart, [F] he waits [Dm] for his call [F] on the streamlined _ _ cannonball.
She moves along like a _ cannonball, [Bb] like a story, till [F] the leaf fly.
_ _ The [Bb] long and [F] swell of a zilchy love, as she travels [C] on [F] through the night. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She moves along like a _ cannonball, [Eb] like a story, till the [F] leaf fly.
_ The long [Bb] and swell [Fm] of a zilchy love, as she travels [C] on through [F] the night.
The [Bb] long and [F] swell of a zilchy love, as she travels on through the night. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _

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