Streamlined Cannonball Song Lyrics and Chords

 

Streamlined Cannonball Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow

 

Streamlined Cannonball
Recorded by Hank Snow
Written by Roy Acuff
A/A time 
C 
(It's the Streamline
F 
 
Cann
C 
onball)
A long steel rail and a short cross-tie
 
I'm  
F 
on my way back  
C 
home
 
I'm  
F 
on the train the  
C 
king of them all
 
The Streamlined  
F 
Cannon
C 
ball
Oh she glides along like a cannonball
 
Like a  
F 
star on its heavenly  
C 
flight
 
This  
F 
lonesome sound of the  
C 
whistle you love
 
As she travels  
F 
through the  
C 
night
Her headlight gleams out into the night
 
Her  
F 
firebox flash you  
C 
see
 
The  
F 
blinds I ride and the  
C 
lights I love
 
Are home sweet  
F 
home to  
C 
me
Repeat #2
I can see the smile of an engineer
 
Al
F 
though he's old and  
C 
gray
 
A con
F 
tented heart he a
C 
waits back home
 
Of the Streamlined  
F 
Cannon
C 
ball
Repeat #2

 

FAQ

 

Who sang the the song Streamlined Cannonball?
- The song Streamlined Cannonball was sang by Hank Snow.

 

Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.

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