{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1764184,"song":"Southern Cannonball","artist":"Hank Snow","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11383643-southern-cannonball-chords-by-hank-snow/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1764184?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI had to quit railroading we didn't agree at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThere was always something wrong with the Southern Cannonball[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI once loved a maiden she was fair and tall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer poppa he was the engineer on the Southern Cannonball[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe promised she would wed me in the merry month of June[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd go to the magic island to spend our honeymoon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlas my dreams were shattered when she put me off with a stall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said the whistle was broken on the Southern Cannonball[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI loved this girl so dearly so I fixed the whistle back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe next thing she told me was the caboose is off of the track[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut days and nights I labored to get it back with the train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlways ready for my highball when the bell refused to ring[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI fixed the bell in a jiffy and I called the preacher Dunn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWho married us in the old boxcar for the train refused to run[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe made our home in a boomer shack out under the southern sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we rocked the baby to sleep each night by a train whistle lullaby[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","F","D7","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}