I shot a man in Reno - just to watch him die

[Hey Ladi]

Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash

(moderately strum an E chord in 4/4 time all throughout the narrative)

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


"I got livestock, I got livestock,

I got cows I got pigs I got sheep I got goats

I got all livestock"

They said, "You all right boy, you can go through the tollgate,
you don't have to pay no toll." so the train driver, he went on through
the tollgate, and as he went through he started pickin' up a little speed
(increase tempo), pickin' up a little bit of steam (increase more, to a
very fast rate); he got through the tollgate, and turned and looked back at
the man and said,
E
"well I fooled you, I fooled you,

I got pig iron, I got pig iron,

I got all pig iron"

E
chorus: Well, the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
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Rock Island Line its the road to ride
E
Rock Island LIne she's a mighty good road

well if you ride it gotta ride it like you find it
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get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

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oh, cloudy in the west and it looks like rain
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'round the curve comes a passenger train

northbound train on a southbound track
N.C.
he's allright-a leavin' but he won't be back

(chorus)
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whoa I may be right and I may be wrong but you're gonna miss me when I'm gone

well the engineer said before he died
there were two more drinks that he'd like to try
conductor said, "What could they be?"
"A hot cup of coffee and a cold class of tea."