Brothers Four - Blue Water Line Chords

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_ The City Council met last [G] week, vote was [D] 4-3 _
_ Burn the hometown depot down [E] and build a [A] factory _ _
_ [D] Take that stretch of history [G] and tear it [D] off the _ map
_ Melt old engine number 9 [A] and turn it [D] into scrap _ _
_ Blue water, blue water, blue water line _
Blue _ water, blue [E] water, blue [A] water line
If you [D] can't afford a quarter [G] then you ought to [D] give a dime _
If everybody gave then we could save the [A] blue [D] water line
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] Oh I could tell you stories [Ab] of the glories on [Eb] that train
Of the _ 49er miners [F] and the time old [Bb] Jesse James
Stole [Eb] a thousand golden nuggets in [Ab] that great train [Eb] robbery
_ _ _ And went old Abe Lincoln rode [Bb] with Todd [Eb] upon his _ _ _ knees
Blue water, _ blue water, blue water line
_ _ _ Blue water, blue [F] water, blue [Bb] water line
If [Eb] you can't afford a quarter then [Ab] you ought to give [Eb] a dime
[Ebm] If everybody gave then we could save [Bb] the blue [Eb] water line
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[E] Just twenty thousand quarters and [A] just forty thousand [E] _ dimes
And we'll ride again to glory _ [Gb] on the old blue water [B] line
We'll [E] have William Jennings Bryan _ [A] stoking coal on number [E] 9
So dig inside your pockets for [Gb] the old blue [E] water line _
_ Blue water, blue water, blue water line _
_ Blue water, _ blue [Gb] water, blue [B] water line
If [E] you can't afford a quarter then [A] you ought to give [E] a dime
If everybody gave then we could [B] save the blue water [E] _
line
If everybody gave then we could save [B] the blue [E] water line
_ _ Blue water, blue water, blue water line
_ _ _ Blue water, _ blue [B] water, _ blue _ _ _ [E] water line _ _
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