{"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":1759408,"song":"The Wreck Of The Old 97","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1759408-the-wreck-of-the-old-97-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1759408?type=chord","rating":4.79699,"votes":18,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey give him his orders at Monroe Virginia[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSaying Steve you're way behind time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is not 38 but this is Old 97[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPut her in Spencer on time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he looked around and said to his black greasy fireman[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nJust shovel on a little more coal[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when we cross that White Oak Mountain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can watch Old 97 roll[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when a telegram comes from Washington Station[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd this is how it read[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh that brave engineers that run old 97[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs lying in old Danville dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was going down grade making 90 miles an hour[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWhen his whistle broke into a scream[/tab]\r\n\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\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd was scalded to death by the steam[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow ladies you must take warning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFrom this time on and learn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever speak harsh words to your true loving husband[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe may leave you and never return[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","C","D7"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}