| C | C | A D7 | G |
| G | C |

[Verse 1]
C
Ben Dewberry was a brave engineer, he told his fireman: Don't you ever fear?
C
All I want is the water and coal, put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll

[Chorus 1]
          F                               C
Watch the drivers roll, watch the drivers roll
                      G                         C
Put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll

[Break]
| C | F | C | G |
| G | C | C |

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

[Chorus 2]
    F                          C
The A and B, he said the A and B
                          G             C
It's the old Northeastern and the A and B

[Break]
| C | C | D/A D | C/G C |
| F | C | G | G |

[Verse 3]
C
On the fatal morning it began to rain, around the curve come a passenger train
C
Ben Dewberry was the engineer, with the throttle wide open and without any fear

[Chorus 3]
          F                               C
He didn't have no fear, he didn't have no fear
                        G                C
He had her runnin' wide open without any fear

[Interlude]
| C | C | C | F |
| F C | C | C | A/F A |
| A | A | D G | G |
| C | C |

[Verse 4]
C
Ben looked at his watch, shook his head, we may make Atlanta but we'll all be dead
C
The train went flyin' by the trestle and switch, without any warning then she took the ditch

[Chorus 4]
         F                  C        F        C
Yeah she went in the ditch, well she took the ditch
C
Without any warning, then she took the ditch

[Break]
| C | A A/Bb | C | C | C |

[Verse 5]
C
The big locomotive leaped from the rail, Ben never lived to tell that awful tale
C
His life was ended and his work was done, when Ben Dewberry made his final run

[Outro]
            F                            C
He made his final run, he made his final run
C
When Ben Dewberry made his final run