G
Ben Dewberry was a brave engineer
                               D    G
He told his fireman don't you ever fear
 G
All I want is the water and coal
                                          D      G
Put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll
                   C                      G
Watch the drivers roll watch the drivers roll
                                            D      G
Stick your head out the window, watch the drivers roll


[Verse 2]
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Ben Dewberry said before he died
                          D       G
Two more roads that he wanted to ride
      G
His fireman asked him what could they be
                                  D     G
Said the old Northeastern and the A and B
                  C                   G
He said the A and B he said the A and B
                                  D     G
It's the old Northeastern and the A and B

[Verse 3]
        G
On the fatal morning it began to rain
                            D       G
Around the curve come a passenger train
 G
Ben Dewberry was the engineer
                                D         G
Had her running wide open and without any fear
                   C                  G
He didn't have no fear didn't have no fear
                              D       G
Had her runnin' wide open without any fear


[Verse 4]
     G
Well Ben, he turned and he shook his head
                                       D      G
He said We may make Atlanta but we'll all be dead
     G
The train was a-flyin' by a troublesome switch
                              D         G
Without any warning then she took the ditch
                    C                       G
Yes, she took the ditch well, she took the ditch
                              D         G
Without any warning then she took the ditch

[Verse 5]
        G
The big locomotive and the twisted rail
                              D     G
Ben never lived to tell that awful tale
     G
His life was ended and his work was done
                            D     G
When Ben Dewberry made his final run
                   C                  G
He made his final run  made his final run
                            D     G
When Ben Dewberry made his final run

[Instrumental]
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G   D  G
C   G
G   D  G

[Verse 6]
G
Ben Dewberry was a brave engineer
                               D    G
He told his fireman don't you ever fear
 G
All I want is the water and coal
                                          D      G
Put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll
                   C                      G
Watch the drivers roll watch the drivers roll
                                            D      G
Stick your head out the window, watch the drivers roll

[Verse 7]
        G
The big locomotive and the twisted rail
                              D     G
Ben never lived to tell that awful tale
     G
His life was ended and his work was done
                            D     G
When Ben Dewberry made his final run
                   C                  G
He made his final run  made his final run
                            D     G
When Ben Dewberry made his final run