Southern Cannon Ball chords by Jimmie Rodgers

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:
| D MajorD | A augmentedA D MajorD | D MajorD | D MajorD A augmentedA |
| D MajorD | A augmentedA D MajorD |
(yodelin' locomotive)


🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD
Oh, I had to quit railroading, we didn't agree at all
G+G        D MajorD            A augmentedA       D MajorD
There was always something wrong with the Southern Cannonball

🎸 Verse 2:
            G+G        D MajorD
I once loved a maiden, she was fair and tall
  G+G       D MajorD        E MajorE       A augmentedA
Her father was the engineer on the Southern Cannonball

🎸 Verse 3:
  D MajorD                 D/G      D MajorD
She promised she would wed me, in the merry month of June
  G+G        D MajorD        A augmentedA    D MajorD
And go to the Magic Islands to spend our honeymoon

Break:
| D MajorD A7A7 | D MajorD | G+G | D MajorD |
| A7/D | D MajorD |
(yodel)

🎸 Verse 4:
                      G+G         D MajorD
At last my dreams were shattered, when she put me off with a stall
  E/A         D MajorD       E MajorE       A augmentedA
She said the whistle was broken on the Southern Cannonball

🎸 Verse 5:
 D MajorD               D/G
I loved this girl so dearly so I fixed the whistle back
  G+G       D MajorD            D/AD/A
The next thing she told me, the caboose is off of the track

Break:
| D MajorD | D MajorD | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD A augmentedA |
(yodel)

🎸 Verse 6:
D MajorD                G+G          D MajorD
For days and nights I labored to get it back with the train
  G+G       D MajorD           E MajorE        D MajorD
And all was ready for the high ball, the bell refused to ring

Break:
| D MajorD A augmentedA | D MajorD |
(yodel)

🎸 Verse 7:
                G+G          D MajorD
I fixed the bell in a jiffy and called the preacher done
  E MajorE          D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD
Who married us in an old boxcar for the train refused to run

🎸 Outro:
| D MajorD | A augmentedA D MajorD | D MajorD A7A7 | D MajorD |
(yodel)