How to Play Streamlined Cannonball on Ukulele?

Roy Acuff - Streamlined Cannonball can be played in the key of C using the C, F chords. For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open. For F, To play F, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, leave C, A open. You can play Streamlined Cannonball with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Roy Acuff - Streamlined Cannonball Ukulele Chords

Chord reference C, F

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[C](It’s the Streamlined [F]Cannon[C]ball) [C]A long steel rail and a short crosstie I’m [F]on my way back [C]home I’m [F]on the train the [C]king of them all The Streamlined [F]Cannon[C]ball

[C]Oh she glides along like a cannonball Like a [F]star on its heavenly [C]flight This [F]lonesome sound of the [C]whistle you love As she travels [F]through the [C]night

[C]Her headlight gleams out into the night Her [F]firebox flash you [C]see The [F]blinds I ride and the [C]lights I love Are home sweet [F]home to [C]me

[C]Oh she glides along like a cannonball Like a [F]star on its heavenly [C]flight This [F]lonesome sound of the [C]whistle you love As she travels [F]through the [C]night

[C]I can see the smile of an engineer Al[F]though he’s old and [C]gray A con[F]tented heart he a[C]waits back home Of the Streamlined [F]Cannon[C]ball

[C]Oh she glides along like a cannonball Like a [F]star on its heavenly [C]flight This [F]lonesome sound of the [C]whistle you love As she travels [F]through the [C]night

Artist Roy Acuff

Album Single

Genres Pop

Year 1940

Key C

Roy Acuff - Streamlined Cannonball can be played in the key of C using the C, F chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open.
For F, To play F, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, leave C, A open.

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