Southern Cannonball Chords & Lyrics - Hank Snow

[C]I had to quit railroading we [F]didn't agree at [C]all

There was always something wrong with the [D7]Southern Cannon[G7]ball

I [C]once loved a maiden [F]she was fair and [C]tall

Her [F]poppa he was the [C]engineer on the [G7]Southern Cannon[C]ball

She promised she would wed me in the [F]merry month of [C]June

And go to the magic island to [D7]spend our honey[G7]moon

A[C]las my dreams were shattered when [F]she put me off with a [C]stall

She [F]said the whistle was [C]broken on the [G7]Southern Cannon[C]ball

I loved this girl so dearly so I [F]fixed the whistle [C]back

The next thing she told me was the [D7]caboose is off of the [G7]track

But [C]days and nights I labored to [F]get it back with the [C]train

Always [F]ready for my [C]highball when the [G7]bell refused to [C]ring

I fixed the bell in a jiffy and I [F]called the preacher [C]Dunn

Who married us in the old boxcar for the [D7]train refused to [G7]run

We [C]made our home in a boomer shack [F]out under the southern [C]sky

And we [F]rocked the baby to [C]sleep each night by a [G7]train whistle lulla[C]by