Rock Island Line Chords by Johnny Cash

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_ _ Now this here is a story about the Rock Island line.
_ Well, the Rock Island line, she runs down into New Orleans.
_ There's a big toll gate down there, and you know if you got certain things on board when you go through the toll gate,
well, you don't have to pay the man no toll.
_ Well, a train driver, he pulled up to the toll gate, and the man hollered and asked him what all he had on board, and he said,
_ _ I got _ livestock, I got livestock,
I got cows, I got pigs, I got sheep, I got mules, I got _ all _ livestock. _ _ _ _ _
Well, they said, you all right boy, you don't have to pay no toll, you just go right on through.
He went on through the toll gate, _ and as he went through, he started picking up a little bit of speed,
_ _ _ picking up a little bit of steam.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
He got on through, he turned and looked back at the man, and he said, _ _
_ Well, I booze you, I booze you, I got pig iron, I got pig iron, I got all pig iron. _
Now, the Rock Island line, she's a mighty good road.
The Rock Island line is for road and for ride.
The Rock Island line is a mighty good road.
Well, if you're by, you got to run it like you're by, just to take your destination for the Rock Island line. _ _
Well, out in the west, and it looks like rain, [C#] around the curve come a passenger train.
It's a northbound train on the southbound track.
She's all right a-leaving, but he [F#] won't be back.
Well, the Rock Island line, she's a mighty good road.
The Rock Island line is for road and for ride.
The Rock Island line is a mighty good road.
Well, if you're by, you got to run it like you're by, just to take your destination for the Rock Island line. _
Well, I may be right and I may be wrong, but [C#] you're gonna miss me [F#] when I'm gone.
_ Well, the engineer said before he died, there were two more drinks [C#] he didn't like to try.
The doctor said, [F#] what could they be?
A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea.
Well, the Rock Island line, she's a mighty good road.
The Rock Island line is for road and for ride.
The Rock Island line is a mighty good road.
Well, if you're by, you got to run it like you're by, just to take your destination for the Rock Island line. _ _ _ _ _