Standard (EADGBE)

 I got Liiivvveestooockk

 I got Liiivvveestooockk

 I got pigs, I got sheep

 I got cows, I got horses

I got AAAALLLL Livestock

(Spoken, no strumming)

Then the depot agent yells “Well boy, you can go right on threw, you ain’t gotta pay no

just go right on threw”

So the engineer starts pickin up some steam (Start Strumming Again)

(This is where you is where to start the train theme, start out a little slow then and

up slightly to a moderate pace, simulating the train)

And then when he gets on past the toll man he yells

“Well, I fooled you, I fooled you

I got pig iron, I got pig iron

I got AAAALLLLL Pig Iron

Well the Rock Island Line, She’s a mighty good road

 Well the Rock Island Line, She’s a road to ride

 I say, the Rock Island Line, She’s a mighty good road

 And if ya wanna find it, gotta ride it like you find it

 Get-cha ticket at the station on the Rock Island Liiine

Well I might be right and, I may be wrong

 But you’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

The Rock Island Line, She’s a mighty good road

  The Rock Island Line, She’s a road to ride

 I say, the Rock Island Line, She’s a mighty good road

 And if ya want to ride it, you gotta ride it like you find it

 Get-cha ticket at the station on the Rock Island Liiine

 That Rock Island Line, She's a mighty good road

 The Rock Island Line, She's the road to ride

 I say, the Rock Island Line, She’s a mighty good road

 And if ya want to ride it, you gotta ride it like you find it

 Get-cha ticket at the station on the Rock Island Liiine

A, B, C, Double X, Y, Z

 Come On Baby, Take a Ride With Me

 I say, the Rock Island Line, She's a mighty good road

 Well Rock Island Line, She's the road to ride

 The Rock Island Line, She’s a mighty good road

 And if ya want to ride it, you gotta ride it like you find it

 Get-cha ticket at the station on the Rock Island Liiine

 I say, the Rock Island Line, She's a mighty good road

 Well Rock Island Line, She's the road to ride

 The Rock Island Line, She’s a mighty good road

 And if ya want to ride it, you gotta ride it like you find it

 Get-cha ticket at the station on the Rock Island Liiine