{"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":456915,"song":"Wreck Of The Old 97","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11562256-wreck-of-the-old-97-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/456915?type=chord","rating":4.90715,"votes":180,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSayin' Steve you're way behind time[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is not Thirty Eight, this is Old Ninety-Seven[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou must put her into Spencer on time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShovel on a little more coal[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when we cross that wide oak mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWatch Old Ninety-Seven roll[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut it's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a line with a three mile grade[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was on that grade that he lost his air brakes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   See what a jump he made[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was goin' down the grade makin' ninety miles an hour[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis whistle broke into a scream[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\na-scalded to death by the steam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen a telegram come to Washington station[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd this is how it read[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell that brave engineer that run Old Ninety-Seven[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's a-lyin' in ol' Danville dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo now, all you ladies you better take a warnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom this time on and learn[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever speak harsh words to your true lovin' husband[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe may leave you and never return[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nG     C     G     D\nG     C     G  D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nG     C     G     D\nG     C     G  D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}