Big Wheel Cannonball Chords by Dick Curless

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_ This great and mighty nation will sing [E] forevermore Of [F#m] the pioneers, brave engineers, and heroes by [B] the score.
But the world of transportation has its own breed just [E] as great.
[F#] It's the men of steel behind the wheels of the big [B] rigs hauling freight.
_ _ Listen to the rumble, listen to the roar Of [F#] the big wheels on the highways from the mountains to [B] the shore.
Old Buffalo Bill and Casey Jones would never [E] have the gall [F#] To risk their fate on the interstate on a big wheel [B] cannonball.
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_ _ _ _ _ There's a lot of speculation when the big [F#] wheels roll at night.
[G#] Some think their destination is the truck stop on [C#] the right.
With a little old cat I'd wait just for a hot [F#] shot on the make.
[G#] But some I know would rather go for a hot chuck wagon [C#] steak. _
Listen to the rumble, listen to [F#] the roar.
[G#] Hear the jingle of the jukebox, see the action on [C#] the floor.
Oh giddy up go go baby to the [F#] monkey and the craw.
[G#] When the swing and combination plays the big wheel [C#] cannonball.
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ I try to keep my schedule the way most [E] drivers do.
[F#] It's boohoo drinks and forty winks then [B] go balling through.
But tonight I've got to hang up, she's the cutest [E] little doll.
[F#m] I'll see you on the straightaway on the big [B] wheel cannonball.
_ On the big wheel cannonball, on the big wheel [E] cannonball.
[F#] Tonight she's riding shotgun and I warn you [B] one and all.
When the devil from St.
Louis takes an angel on [E] his haul.
[F#] Don't look for any halo around the big wheel [B] cannonball.
_ [F#] Don't look for any halo around the big wheel cannonball. _ _ _ _
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