Kentucky Borderline

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She pulled out-ta Mo-bile_ in the 
pour-in rain_ Mov-in thru the 
dark-ness_ like a hur-ri-cane_
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From southern gulf port waters_  to
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 the Cumber-lands so green_  
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Louis-ville by Nash-vill and
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all points in be-tween_  Pound-in 
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out a rhythm_  mak-in up lost time_
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   Head-in for that
Blue-grass state of mine_


[Chorus]
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White smoke a roll-in_  whistle a 
blow-in_  Listen to her engine 
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keep-in time
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Ken-tuck-y____   bor-der line_

[Verse 2]
Mont-gom-ery by morn-in_  
Birm-ing-ham by noon_  On-ward thru 
the timeber_  up-ward to the
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moon_   Her lone-some whistle 
cries_  a low and sad re-frain_  
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Like the boys down on Beale Street_
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sing-in of the pain_   No one is 
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gon-na stop her_  from her 
appoint-ed rounds_  This train is
mov-in on she's glor-y bound_


[Chorus]
F                                 
White smoke a roll-in_  whistle a 
blow-in_  Listen to her engine 
        G
keep-in time
                          C
Ken-tuck-y____   bor-der line_

[Verse 3]
Her lungs are full of fire_  
breath-in burn-in coal_  A ragg-in 
lo-co-motion_  like thunder when it 
rolls_
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Sing-in for the might-y_  who 
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cast her molten steel_  Drove the 
spike and laid the rail to ride
to ride be-neath her wheels_   The 
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pride of our nation_  she's a 
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mon-u-ment to them_
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A Southern belle that might-y L & N_

[Chorus]
F                                 
White smoke a roll-in_  whistle a 
blow-in_  Listen to her engine 
        G
keep-in time
                          C
Ken-tuck-y____   bor-der line_

[Chorus]
F                                 
White smoke a roll-in_  whistle a 
blow-in_  Listen to her engine 
        G
keep-in time
                          C
Ken-tuck-y____   bor-der line_