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Version 1[Verse 1] E Now this here's a story about the Rock Island Line E Well the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans E There's a big tollgate down there and you know E If you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate E Well you don't have to pay the man no toll E Well a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate E And a man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and he said E I got livestock E I got livestock E I got cows E I got pigs E I got sheep E I got mules E I got all live stock E Well he said you're alright boy you don't have to pay no toll E You can just go right on through so he went on through the tollgate E And as he went through he started pickin' up a little bit of speed E Pickin' up a little bit of steam E He got on through he turned and looked back at the man he said E Well I fooled you E I fooled you E I got pigiron E I got pigiron E I got old pigiron [Chorus] E Down the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road, B7 Rock Island Line is the road to ride E Rock Island Line is a mighty good road Well if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it B7 E Get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line [Verse 2] E Looked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain B7 Round the curve came a passenger train B7 North bound train on a southbound track NC He's alright a leavin' but he won't be back [Chorus] E Down the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road, B7 Rock Island Line is the road to ride E Rock Island Line is a mighty good road Well if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it B7 E Get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line [Verse 3] E Oh I may be right and I may be wrong B7 E But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone E Well the engineer said before he died B7 There were two more drinks that he'd like to try B7 The conductor said what could they be NC A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea [Chorus] E Down the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road, B7 Rock Island Line is the road to ride E Rock Island Line is a mighty good road Well if you ride, you got to ride it like you find it B7 E Get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line