How to Play Streamline Cannonball on Guitar?

Doc Watson - Streamline Cannonball can be played in the key of C using the C, F, Am, G chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Streamline Cannonball with the ↓-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Doc Watson - Streamline Cannonball Chords

Chord reference C, F, Am, G

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑

[C] [F] [C] [C] [F] [C] [Am] [C] [G] [C] It’s a [C]long steel rail and a short cross tie [F]I’m on my way [C]back home I’m [C]on that [F]train the [C]king of them [Am]all That [C]streamlined [G]cannon[C]ball

[C]She moves along like a cannonball Like a [F]star in it’s heavenly [C]flight The [C]lonesome [F]sound of the [C]whistle you [Am]love As [C]she travels [G]through the [C]night

[C] [F] [C] [C] [F] [C] [Am] [C] [G] [C]

[C]The headlight beams out through the night And the [F]firebox flash you can [C]see [C]I ride them [F]blinds it’s the [C]life that I [Am]love Lord it’s [C]home sweet [G]home to [C]me

[C]She moves along like a cannonball Like a [F]star in it’s heavenly [C]flight The [C]lonesome [F]sound of the [C]whistle you [Am]love As [C]she travels [G]through the [C]night

[C] [F] [C] [C] [F] [C] [Am] [C] [G] [C]

[C]I can see a smile on the engineer’s face And [F]although he’s old and [C]gray [C]A contented [F]heart he [C]waits for his [Am]call On the [C]streamline [G]cannon[C]ball

[C] [F] [C] [C] [F] [C] [Am] [C] [G] [C]

[C]She moves along like a cannonball Like a [F]star in it’s heavenly [C]flight The [C]lonesome [F]sound from the [C]whistle you [Am]love As [C]she travels [G]through the [C]night

Artist Doc Watson

Album Single

Genres Country

Year 1965

Key C

Doc Watson - Streamline Cannonball can be played in the key of C using the C, F, Am, G chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Streamline Cannonball with the ↓-↓↑ strumming pattern.