The Jupiter & The 119 (Todd Sheaffer) - [4/4], Key = F, Capo 7 G C G C The Jupiter is gleaming, shining in the sun G C G C Everybody ready for the great cross country run D C G Tell me have you heard the story goin' down the wire ... goin' down the line? G C G C She's ready to be going breathing smoke & steam G C G C She edges on the iron and the crowd begins to scream D C G Tell me have you heard the story of the Jupiter and the 119? G C G C They fire off the cannons she blows a whistle blast G C G C Goes flying round the corner moving strong and moving fast D C G Tell me have you heard the story goin' down the wire ... goin' down the line? C D Am G The Jupiter is on the run heading for the setting sun Em C And when she rests, the east and west are tied G Wooooo wooooo G C G C Off from California from the Sacramento yard G C G C The 119 is moving pushing strong and pushing hard G C G C She's through the snowy mountains took them right in stride G C G C Crested the Sierras and went down the other side D C G Tell me have you heard the story going down the wire ... going down the line? D C G Tell me have you heard the story of the Jupiter and the 119? G C G C Across the grassed horizon across the giant plain G C G C Across a thousand miles of iron roars the mighty U.P. train G C G C She tops the Sherman summit a mighty feat of man G C G C Sails through echo canyon and across the dale creek span D C G Tell me have you heard the story going down the wire ... going down the line? G C G C Through the fiery desert the 119 has run G C G C Through the devil's gorge beneath the blazing fiery sun G C G C Through tunnels and through canyons cleared by shovel & by pick G C G C 10,000 men who blasted, clawed and hauled with muscles thick D C G Tell me have you heard the story of the Jupiter and the 119? C D Am G The Jupiter is on the run heading for the setting sun Em C And when she rests, the east and west are tied G Wooooo wooooo C Wooooo wooooo G Wooooo wooooo G C G C They met in Promontory from the east and west they're here G C G C All across the country they've raised a mighty cheer G C G C The mighty trains are polished on the tracks they proudly rest G C G C The crowd's all gathered round them dressed up in their Sunday best G C G C A big brass band is playing it's a bright unclouded day G C G C The speaker's oratory and the bosses have their say G C G C The reverend says a prayer it's mercifully short G C G C The drunken rail-men laugh and the iron horses snort G C G C The engines move in closer they ease in down the line G C G C The champagne bottles pop so fill your glass it's toasting time G C G C The engines ease for meeting they're nose to nose alike G C G C They raise the silver hammer and they nail the golden spike D C G Tell me have you heard the story going down the wire ... going down the line? D C G Tell me have you heard the story of the Jupiter and the 119? D C G Tell me have you heard the story of the Jupiter and the 119? G Wooooo wooooo wooooo wooooo
