{"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":2245213,"song":"Rock Island Line","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2245213-rock-island-line-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2245213?type=chord","rating":4.81306,"votes":82,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow this here's a story about the Rock Island Line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's a big tollgate down there and you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell you don't have to pay the man no toll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd a man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and he said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got livestock[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got livestock[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got cows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got pigs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got sheep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got mules[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got all live stock[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell he said you're alright boy you don't have to pay no toll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou can just go right on through so he went on through the tollgate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd as he went through he started pickin' up a little bit of speed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nPickin' up a little bit of steam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe got on through he turned and looked back at the man he said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell I fooled you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI fooled you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got pigiron[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got pigiron[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got old pigiron[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRock Island Line is the road to ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nRock Island Line is a mighty good road[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGet your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLooked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRound the curve came a passenger train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNorth bound train on a southbound track[/tab]\r\nNC\r\nHe's alright a leavin' but he won't be back\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRock Island Line is the road to ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nRock Island Line is a mighty good road[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGet your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh I may be right and I may be wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna miss me when I'm gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell the engineer said before he died[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThere were two more drinks that he'd like to try[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe conductor said what could they be[/tab]\r\nNC\r\nA hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRock Island Line is the road to ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nRock Island Line is a mighty good road[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGet your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nWell if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\nNC\nHe's alright a leavin' but he won't be back\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nWell if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNC\nA hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nWell if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it","chords":["E","B7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}