They G#give him his orders at C#Monroe Virginia
Saying G#Steve you're way behind D#7Time
This is G#not 38 but it's C#Old 97
G#Put her in D#7Spencer on G#time
Then he looked around and said to his C#black greasy fireman
Just G#shovel on a little more D#7coal
And G#when we cross that C#White Oak Mountain
G#you can D#7watch Old 97 G#roll
It's a mighty rough road from C#Lynchburg to Danville
in a G#line on a 3 mile D#7grade
It was G#on that grade that C#he lost his air brakes
so you G#see what a D#7jump he G#made.
He was going down grade making C#90 miles an hour
when G#his whistle broke into a D#7scream.
He was G#found in the wreck with his C#hand on the throttle.
And was G#scalded to D#7death by the G#steam.
And when a telegram comes from C#Washington Station
and G#this is how it D#7read
Oh that G#brave engineer that C#run old 97
G#is lying in old D#7Danville G#dead.
Now ladies you must C#take warning
From G#this time on and D#7learn
Never G#speak harsh words to you C#true lovin' husband
G#He may leave you D#7and never G#return.
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C#,D#7,G#