Rock Island Line (hi & lo)

by Johnny Cash , Leadbelly

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ROCK ISLAND LINE hi & lo
By Lonnie Donegan 
Johnny Cash, Leadbelly, 
Johnny Horton 
Key: A 

3  3  -3”   4  4   4    4
6  6  -6    7  7   7    7
I say the Rock Is-land Line  

4  4   5   5   4    5
7  7   8   8   7    8
Is a might-y good road 

3  3  -3”   4  4   4    4
6  6  -6    7  7   7    7 
I say the Rock Is-land Line  

4   4   -4  -3   3
7   7   -8  -7   6
Is the road to ride 

3   -3”   4   4   4   4
6   -6    7   7   7   7
Oh, the Rock Is-land Line  

4  4   5   5   4   5
7  7   8   8   7   8
Is a might-y good road 

3  -3”  4   4    4  4  -3” 3    4   4
6  -6   7   7    7  7  -6  6    7   7   
If you want to ride it got to ride it  

  4    4     4  4     3   -3”  4   4
  7    7     7  7     6   -6   7   7
like you’re fly-in.  Buy your tic-ket 

4   4   4   4   -3” 3   -3” 3   -3”  4
7   7   7   7   -6  6   -6  6   -6   7
At the sta-tion on the Rock Is-land Line 

5  4  5   4   4  5  4  5
8  7  8   7   7  8  7  8
A, B, C, dou-ble X, Y, Z

  3   3   3   3    3    3  3   -3”  -3  4
  6   6   6   6    6    6  6   -6   -7  7
Cat’s in the cup-board but he can’t see me

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