title: Wreck of the Old 97key: Countryharp type: Chromaticgenre: Fskill: Beginner6 7 7 -7 6 5 -5 5 -6 -6 -6 -7 9They give him his orders at Monroe, Virginia9 -7 7 9 -9 -9 9 -8Sayin’, “Steve you’re way behind time-7 7 9 9 9 9 5 5 -6 -6 -6 -7 9This is not 38, but it’s old 979 -7 7 -7 7 6 6 -5 5___You must put her in Spencer on time”(Repeat 6X)Then he looked around andSaid to his black, greasy fireman“Just shovel on a little more coalAnd when we cross that White Oak MountainYou can watch old 97 roll”It’s a mighty rough roadFrom Lynchburg to DanvilleIn a line on a three mile gradeIt was on that grade that he lost his airbrakesOh, you see what a jump we madeHe was goin’ down the gradeMaking 90 miles an hourWhen his whistle broke into a screamHe was found in the wreckWith his hand on the throttleAnd was scalded to death by the steamNow ladies, you must take a warningFrom this time on and learnNever speak harsh wordsTo your true love or husbandHe may leave you and never returnThis plays with a blue grass arrangement, same Artist, run time3:19.