Chords for Southern Cannon Ball by Jimmie Rodgers (1931)
Tempo:
89.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [B] [E]
[B]
[E] Oh, [F#] [E]
I had to quit railroading, [A] we didn't [E] agree at all.
There was always something wrong with the Southern Cannonball.
I once loved a maiden, [A] she was [E] fair and tall.
Her father was the engineer on the Southern [B] Cannonball.
She [E] promised that she would wed me in the merry month of June
and go to the Magic Islands to spend our honeymoon.
De-odli-de [B]-odli-de [E]-odli-de-de-dee
De-odli-de-odli-de-odli-de-dee
De-odli-de [B] -odli-de [E]-odli-de-dee
At last my dreams were shattered [A] when she put [E] me off with a stall.
[F#m] She said the whistle was broken on the Southern [B] Cannonball.
[E] I love this girl sincerely, so I fixed the whistle back.
[A] The next [E] thing she told me, the caboose is off of the track.
[B] [E] For days and nights I labored to get it back with the train.
And all was ready for the [C#m] highball, the bell [E] refused to ring.
Lee, [B] [E] Lee, Lee.
I fixed the bell in a jiffy and called for Preacher Dunn,
who married us in an old boxcar, but [C#] the train refused to [E] run.
Lee, Lee, [B] Lee.
[D#] [E]
[B]
[E] Oh, [F#] [E]
I had to quit railroading, [A] we didn't [E] agree at all.
There was always something wrong with the Southern Cannonball.
I once loved a maiden, [A] she was [E] fair and tall.
Her father was the engineer on the Southern [B] Cannonball.
She [E] promised that she would wed me in the merry month of June
and go to the Magic Islands to spend our honeymoon.
De-odli-de [B]-odli-de [E]-odli-de-de-dee
De-odli-de-odli-de-odli-de-dee
De-odli-de [B] -odli-de [E]-odli-de-dee
At last my dreams were shattered [A] when she put [E] me off with a stall.
[F#m] She said the whistle was broken on the Southern [B] Cannonball.
[E] I love this girl sincerely, so I fixed the whistle back.
[A] The next [E] thing she told me, the caboose is off of the track.
[B] [E] For days and nights I labored to get it back with the train.
And all was ready for the [C#m] highball, the bell [E] refused to ring.
Lee, [B] [E] Lee, Lee.
I fixed the bell in a jiffy and called for Preacher Dunn,
who married us in an old boxcar, but [C#] the train refused to [E] run.
Lee, Lee, [B] Lee.
[D#] [E]
Key:
E
B
A
F#
F#m
E
B
A
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ Oh, [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ I had to quit railroading, [A] we didn't [E] agree at all.
There was always something wrong with the Southern Cannonball.
I once loved a maiden, [A] she was [E] fair and tall.
Her father was the engineer on the Southern [B] Cannonball.
She _ [E] promised that she would wed me in the merry month of June
and go to the Magic Islands to spend our honeymoon.
De-odli-de [B]-odli-de [E]-odli-de-de-dee
De-odli-de-odli-de-odli-de-dee
De-odli-de _ _ _ _ [B] _ -odli-de [E]-odli-de-dee
At last my dreams were shattered [A] when she put [E] me off with a stall.
[F#m] She said the whistle was broken on the Southern [B] Cannonball. _ _
[E] I love this girl sincerely, so I fixed the whistle back.
[A] The next [E] thing she told me, the caboose is off of the track. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ For days and nights I labored to get it back with the train.
And all was ready for the [C#m] highball, the bell [E] refused to ring.
Lee, [B] _ [E] Lee, Lee. _ _
I fixed the bell in a jiffy and called for Preacher Dunn,
who married us in an old boxcar, but [C#] the train refused to [E] _ run. _ _ _ _ _
_ Lee, Lee, [B] _ Lee. _
[D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ Oh, [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ I had to quit railroading, [A] we didn't [E] agree at all.
There was always something wrong with the Southern Cannonball.
I once loved a maiden, [A] she was [E] fair and tall.
Her father was the engineer on the Southern [B] Cannonball.
She _ [E] promised that she would wed me in the merry month of June
and go to the Magic Islands to spend our honeymoon.
De-odli-de [B]-odli-de [E]-odli-de-de-dee
De-odli-de-odli-de-odli-de-dee
De-odli-de _ _ _ _ [B] _ -odli-de [E]-odli-de-dee
At last my dreams were shattered [A] when she put [E] me off with a stall.
[F#m] She said the whistle was broken on the Southern [B] Cannonball. _ _
[E] I love this girl sincerely, so I fixed the whistle back.
[A] The next [E] thing she told me, the caboose is off of the track. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ For days and nights I labored to get it back with the train.
And all was ready for the [C#m] highball, the bell [E] refused to ring.
Lee, [B] _ [E] Lee, Lee. _ _
I fixed the bell in a jiffy and called for Preacher Dunn,
who married us in an old boxcar, but [C#] the train refused to [E] _ run. _ _ _ _ _
_ Lee, Lee, [B] _ Lee. _
[D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _