Chords for Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line. (Glastonbury 1999)

1999 when I was 15 16 years old in this country there was
just one man who was like everything to kids and
my boyhood hero Lonnie Donaghan
Who's been playing playing tonight?
That's true, it's true.
I'm embarrassed by this whole process
_ _ If somebody had told me when I was 15 that I would
So strong absolutely the case, but how did it go anyway?
Did you get on?
Oh, yeah, it was fabulous.
Yeah, I think they must have booked the audience one by one
Yeah, good turnout every place back.
Oh, they knew the tunes.
Why yeah better me
_ All of the all of the hits and stuff he did yeah, but no I didn't I can't overshadow the things I've forgotten
Yeah, so what did you do any new things at all anything's fun?
Oh, yeah
We did a couple of numbers from the new album
_ Yeah, how did that come about
Well van is it is a prickly bloke by all accounts isn't really no
_ [D] Yeah, I'm you know, I know all the stories and so on so forth, but then situation is it in that he knows what he wants
_ Professionally, he's a bit like perhaps I was you [G] know, and so he wants you right?
Yeah, I doesn't [N] get it right.
He says this isn't right.
Yeah, and that's all there is to it
That's prickly then he's pretty yeah, and you were prickly as well I was I had the same problem because
More so because in my [E] day the technicians didn't know what the hell was going on
The television was brand new, [Ab] you know, and nobody knew what Mike was
[G] Is this the first festival you've done of this [D] type?
_ _ Not quite I did the Cambridge Folk Festival.
[Eb] Yeah, how long ago was that?
15 years ago, I [D] think I think that was pre heart operations
Yeah, yes, you had a few of those _ _ _ _ _ _
So you're gonna give us a tune now obviously on the old fiddle
_ Yeah, so if you can bear it, I should like it very much indeed
And [Ab] as I say, it's an honor to be [D] able to introduce you.
How about I do the
Song that probably started the whole rock and roll.
Yes
Did rock [G] on and line yeah, okay, this is the story about the rock line.
Yeah, I know the words
[Ab] I should be able to sing about it.
I [G] shall be able to sing along with it in a tune less and horrible voice _
_ _ _ Okay, a golden moment this beers.
Let me tell you
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You see the story about the rock on and I _ _ rock on the lines of railroad line _ _ runs down into New Orleans _ _
Just outside of New Orleans is a big old [Dm] tall gate [D] _
_ all trains go through the gate _
Gotta pay the man's [Dm] money
_ [D] _ Most of course, they got _ _ certain things
Okay, don't [Dm] have to pay the man
[D] _ _ Right now we see a train coming on down the line
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] When _ _ you get up near the tall gate
_ [D] Keep boy, you can shout down to the drive wanna know what he got on both
_ _ _ In the driver sing I'm back on up the man tell him what he got on both.
Yeah the way he sing
I [D] got pig
_ _ _ I've got cow
_ _ _ I got horses now, Lord
_ Yeah, sure.
No, _ _ _ I've got home
_ _ Stop I got all I'm stuck on.
Yeah, I got Oh
_ _ My _ _ _
Man say hey, baby, it's cool
You don't gotta pay me nothing shift your ass right on through here
Train going down through the tall day now she goes through [Dm] she got up a little bit of [D] steam _
_ _ _ Little bit of speed
When she's safe going down through the tall gate the driver shout back down the lines of the moon
_ He see that fool you who you I got pig I got pig I'm gonna
_ _ _ Be _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah money good
_ Well
Look at the money _ _ [G] good road if you want put a money [D] got a funny like a [G] funny get it picking up the station on
a rock on line
ABC the Hicks [A] was either cats in the cupboard, but [D] you don't see me
Yeah
_ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ [G] If you want funny [D] funny funny funny get you get up station on my
_ I'm maybe right and I may [A] be wrong.
No, you're gonna miss [D] me when I'm gone
I'm down
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Do you say from [A] seeing the good luck coming for to see [D] me again? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] I
Don [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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again [G] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ on the Rock Island line great
I must admit I know very little I can fill you in give you more information convert now _ _ _ _
First time I ever went to London I saw him play there's a midnight concert charity concert to raise money for Big Bill
Brunzie and Tottenham Corral
Ken Collier's band Chris Barber's band and you
Fantastic.
I thought I first that's my first night in London, you know
16 or 17 and I thought it was like this, you know, why doesn't everybody?
Well, I think I'm gonna leave you two to reminisce.
Yes _ _