Cannon Ball Blues Chords
Cannon Ball Blues by The Carter Family is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
Oh, listen to the train coming down the line,
C
trying to make up all of her lost time,
G D G G7 C G C G D G
from Buffalo to Washington.
G
You can wash my jumper starch my overalls,
C
catch the train they call the Cannonball,
G D G G7 C G C G D G
from Buffalo to Washington:
G
My baby's left me, she even took my shoes,
C
enough to give a man these doggone worried blues,
G D G G7 C G C G D G
she's gone, she's solid gone.
G
Yonder comes the train coming down the track,
C
carry me away, but it ain't gonna carry me back,
G D G G7 C G C G D G
my honey babe, my blue eyed babe.
G
I'm going up north, I'm going up north this fall,
C
if luck don't change I won't be back at all,
G D G G7 C G C G D G
my honey babe, I'm leaving you.