Tonart: G major
Verse 1
G
That man sure does blow a wicked whistle,
don't he?
Sounds like that old fella that
used to run on the southern.
Between
Monroe and
Spencer, pulled that
Crescent
Limited.
What was his name,
Charlie?
Oh, you're thinking about
Bill
Mason.
Oh, yeah.
What ever come of him?
Oh, he got married here a while back.
Oh, married? I thought he was sick.
That's what's the matter with
him, I thought.
C
G
He was murdered, but then he got married here a while back,
and then we made up a song on him.
Let's play it.
D
G
All right
C
G
A
D
G
D
C
G
D
G
Bill
Mason was an agent.
C
G
He ain't been on the road all of his life.
I'll never forget the morning
A
He met him a chunk of a wine
D
G
Phil hadn't been met more than an hour
C
Till up came a mess from
D
Chris
G
And all didn't feel to calm down
D
G
Didn't bring out the night express
C
G
A
D
G
C
G
D
G
While
Maggie sat by the window
C
Or waiting for the night express
G
And if she hadn't done so
A
D
She'd have been a winner, I guess
G
There was some drunken rascal
C
G
That came down by the ridge
He came down by the railroad
D
And tore up a rail from the
G
C
bridge
G
A
D
G
C
G
D
Maggie heard them workin',
C
G
I guess there's something wrong
In less than fifteen minutes,
Bill
D
G
She couldn't come near to tell it,
C
G
a mile it wouldn't have done
She just grabbed up the land done,
D
G
C
G
and made for the bridge alone
A
D
G
C
G
D
G
But
Joe
Bill saw the signal,
C
and stopped the night express
Maggie crying,
A
on a crack in her wedding dress
D
G
A cryin' and a laugh of joy,
C
still holdin' on to the light
G
He came around the curve a -flyin', and
D
G
Bill missed on time tonight
C
G
A
D
G
C
G
D
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
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