Rock Island Line Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash

[VERSE 1]

[E]Now this here's a story about the Rock Island Line
[E]Well the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans
[E]There's a big tollgate down there and you know
[E]If you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate
[E]Well you don't have to pay the man no toll
[E]Well a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate
[E]And a man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and he said

[E]I got livestock
[E]I got livestock
[E]I got cows
[E]I got pigs
[E]I got sheep
[E]I got mules
[E]I got all live stock

[E]Well he said you're alright boy you don't have to pay no toll
[E]You can just go right on through so he went on through the tollgate
[E]And as he went through he started pickin' up a little bit of speed

[E]Pickin' up a little bit of steam
[E]He got on through he turned and looked back at the man he said

[E]Well I fooled you
[E]I fooled you
[E]I got pigiron
[E]I got pigiron
[E]I got old pigiron

[CHORUS]

[E]Down the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,
Rock Island Line is the [B7]road to ride
[E]Rock Island Line is a mighty good road

Well if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station on the [B7]Rock Island [E]Line

[Verse 2]

[E]Looked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain
[B7]Round the curve came a passenger train
[B7]North bound train on a southbound track
NC
He's alright a leavin' but he won't be back

[CHORUS]

[E]Down the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,
Rock Island Line is the [B7]road to ride
[E]Rock Island Line is a mighty good road

Well if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station on the [B7]Rock Island [E]Line

[Verse 3]

[E]Oh I may be right and I may be wrong
But y[B7]ou're gonna miss me when I'm [E]gone

[E]Well the engineer said before he died
There were [B7]two more drinks that he'd like to try
[B7]The conductor said what could they be
NC
A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea

[CHORUS]

[E]Down the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,
Rock Island Line is the [B7]road to ride
[E]Rock Island Line is a mighty good road

Well if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station on the [B7]Rock Island [E]Line