Ridin' The Sunshine Special Song Lyrics and Chords
Ridin' The Sunshine Special Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Ridin' The Sunshine Special
Recorded by Johnny Horton
Written by Chuck Murphy and Huel Murphy
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I'm gonna ride that happy train when it comes rolling
When it comes rocking and a-rolling down the
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I found a one way ticket on the sunshine special
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I ain't a-countin
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g on comin
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I got a gal a waiting down in sunshine valley
In the valley where the blues are not
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And the sunshine special is a-rocking and a-rolling
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Neath a sky of blue that
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never has a
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I left the blues far
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I'll never worry about ‘em
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anymore
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I'm going where troubles canno
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t find me
They'll have
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a band to meet me
When I pull up
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by the station door
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When the sunshine special heads in your direction
Just be waiting at the station with your
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That's one ride you can afford when they holler all aboard
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It's goodbye blues w
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e ain't a-com
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It's goodbye blues w
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Ridin' The Sunshine Special?
- The song Ridin' The Sunshine Special was sang by Johnny Horton.
Who is Johnny Horton?
- John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 - November 5, 1960) was an American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, during the 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his saga songs that became international hits beginning with the 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first No. 1 country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)".
Horton's music usually encompassed folk ballads based on American historic themes and legend. He had two successes in 1960 with both "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska," the latter utilized over the opening credits to the John Wayne film of the same name. Horton died in November 1960 at the peak of his fame in a traffic collision, less than two years after his breakthrough. Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
