key of C
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Reu-ben's com-ing down the track,
Em
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And he's got his throt-tle back,
G(7)
6 -7 -8 7
And the rails are
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a-car-ry-ing hi-m from home.
verse 2
If the boiler don't bust,
'Cause it's eat up with rust,
I'll soon be a long ways from home.
verse 3
If you don't believe I'm gone
Look at the train I'm on;
You can hear the whistle blow a thousand milses.
verse 4
I'm a-going down the track,
I ain't never coming back,
And I'll never get no letter from my home.
verse 5
Well the train ran so fast,
Till I knowed it couldn't last,
For the wheels was a-burning up the rail.
verse 6
Old Reuben had a wreck
And it broke old Reuben's neck,
And it never hurt a hair on my head.
verse 7
Now I'm walking up the track,
Hoping I'll get back;
I'm a thousand miles away from home.
verse 8
If I ever get back to you,
You can beat me black and blue,
For I'll never leavy my shanty home again.
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