Streamline Cannonball Chords
by Doc Watson
Streamline Cannonball by Doc Watson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C F C
C F C Am
C G C
verse 1
C
It's a long steel rail and a short cross tie
F C
I'm on my way back home
C F C Am
I'm on that train the king of them all
C G C
That streamlined cannonball
C
She moves along like a cannonball
F C
Like a star in it's heavenly flight
C F C Am
The lonesome sound of the whistle you love
C G C
As she travels through the night
Instrumental
C F C
C F C Am
C G C
verse 2
C
I can see a smile on the engineer's face
F C
And although he's old and gray
C F C Am
A contented heart he waits for his call
C G C
On the streamline cannonball
C
She moves along like a cannonball
F C
Like a star in it's heavenly flight
C F C Am
The lonesome sound from the whistle you love
C G C
As she travels through the night
Instrumental
C F C
C F C Am
C G C
verse 3
C
The headlight beams out in the night
F C
And the firebox flash you can see
C F C Am
I ride them blinds it's the life that I love
C G C
Lord it's home sweet home to me
C
She moves along like a cannonball
F C
Like a star in it's heavenly flight
C F C Am
The lonesome sound of the whistle you love
C G C
As she travels through the night
Outro:
C G C
Travels through the night (Fade)