Rock Island Line Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[F]Now this [E]here's a story about
[F]the [E]Rock Island Line
Well the Rock Island Line she runs
down into New Orleans
There's a big [F]tollgate
down there and you know
If you got certain things on board when
you go through the tollgate

[Verse 2]
Well you don't have to [F]pay the
man no toll
[E]Well a train [F]driver [Fm]he p[E]ulled
up to the tollgate
And a man [F]hollered and asked
him what all he [E]had on [F]board and said
I got [E]live[F]stock I got livestock
I got cows I got pigs I got sheep

[Verse 3]
I got mules [E]I got [F]all livestock[E]
Well [F]he said you're all [E]right boy you
don't have [F]to pay no toll
You can just go [E]right on through so he
went on through the [F]toolgate
And as he went through he started
pickin' up a little [E]bit of speed
[F]Pickin' up

[Verse 4]
a little bit of steam
He [E]got on through he turned and looked
back [F]at the man he said
Well I fooled you I fooled you I got
pigiron I got pigiron I got old
Pig iron

[Verse 5]
Down the Rock [F]Island Line[E][F]
she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line it's a road to ride
Rock Island Line [E]it's a mighty
[F]good road
Well if you ride you got to ride it like
you [E]fi nally [F]get your ticket

[Verse 6]
At [F]the station [E]for[F][E][F]
the Rock Is[E]land Line[F]
Looked [E]cloudy [F]in [E]the

[Verse 7]
west and
it looked like rain
Round the curve came a passenger train
[F]North bound [E]train on the southbound track
[F]He's alright a leavin' but[E]
[F]he won't be bac[E]k

[Verse 8]
Well the [F]Rock Island Line she's
a mighty good road
Rock Island Line it's a road to ride
Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road
Well if you ride you got to ride it
Like you finally get your ticket
At the station for the Rock Island Line
Oh [Fm]I may be

[Verse 9]
[F]right and I may be wrong
But you gonna miss me when I'm gone
[E][F][E][F]
Well the engineer [E]said [F]be
fore he died
There were [E]two more drinks[F]
that he'd like to try
The conductor said what could [E]they be
[F]A h[E]ot cup o[F]f c[Fm]offe[F]e[Fm]
and [F]a cold glass of tea

[Verse 10]
Well [F]the Rock Island Line she's
a mighty good road
Rock Island Line it's a road [E]to ride
Rock Island Line [F]it's a
mighty [F]good road
Well if you ride you got to ride it
Like you finally get your ticket
At the station for the Rock [F]Island Line