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The Last Ride lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use
only, it's really a nice song recorded by Hank Snow. This old country
song is easy to learn to play and sing, plus it's fun to do.
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The Last Ride Recorded by Hank Snow Written by Ted Daffan and Robert Halcomb
C
In the Dodge City yards of the Sante Fe
G7 Stood a freight made up for the east
And the engineer with his oil and waste
C Was grooming the great iron beast
While ten cars back in the murky dust C7 F A boxcar door swung wide
G7
And a hobo lifted his pal aboard
C To start on his last long ride
F
A lantern swung and the freight pulled out
C The engine it gathered speed
F
The engineer pulled the throttle wide
D7
G7 And clucked to his fiery steed
C
Ten cars back in the empty box
G7 The hobo rolled a pill
The flare of the match showed his partners face
C Stark white and deathly still
As the train wheels clicked on the coupling joints
C7
F A song for the ramblers ears
G7
The hobo talked to the still white form
C His pal for many a year
Spoken: C
For a mighty long time we've rambled Jack
F With the luck of men that roam
G7
With the back door steps for a dining room
C And the boxcar for a home
We dodged the bulls on the eastern route F And the cops on the Chesapeake G7 We traveled the Leadville Narrow Gauge
C In the days of Cripple Creek
We drifted down through sunny Cal F On the rails of the old S P G7 And of all you had through good and bad
C A half always belonged to me
You made me promise to you Jack F If I lived and you cashed in G7 To take you back to the old churchyard
C And bury you there with your kin
You seemed to know I would keep my word F For you said that I was wise G7 Well I'm keeping my promise to you pal
C Cause I'm taking you home tonight
I hadn't the money to send you there
F So I'm taking you back on the fly G7 It's the decent way for a Bo to go C Home to the by and by
I knew that fever had you Jack
F And that doctor just wouldn't come G7 He was too busy treating the wealthy folks C To doctor a worn out bum
Sung: C
As the train rolled over its ribbon of steel
G7 Straight through to the east it sped
The engineer in his high cab seat
C Keep his eyes on the rails a head
While ten cars back in the empty box C7 F The lonely hobo sighed
G7
For the days of old and his pal so cold
C Was taking his last long ride
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