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On The Atchison, Topeka
and The Santa Fe
Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Harry WarrenRecorded by Judy Garland, 1945
From the movie "The Harvey Girls"
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Do you hear that whis - tle down the line?
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I fig - ure that it's en - gine num - ber for - ty - nine --
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She's the on - ly one that'll sound that way
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On the Atch - i - son, To - pe - ka and the San - ta Fe.
All a - board, she's on her way.
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See the old smoke ri - sin' round the bend?
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I reck - on that she knows she's gon - na meet a friend.
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Folks a - round these parts kept the time of day
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From the Atch - i - son, To - pe - ka and the San - ta Fe.
Bridge:
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Here she comes -- whoo - whoo oo-whoo oo- whoo - whoo - whoo.
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Hey, Jim, ya bet - ter get the rig!
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Oo - whoo whoo oo- whoo - whoo - whoo
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She's got a list of pas - sen - gers that's might - y big.
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And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Ho - tel,
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'Cause lots of them been trav - el - in' for quite a spell,
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All the way from Phil - a - delph - eye - aye
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On the Atch - i - son, To - pe - ka and the San - ta Fe.
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Back in O - hi - o where I come from,
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I've done a lot of dream - in' and I've trav - ell'd some,
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But I nev - er thought I'd see the day
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When I ev - er took a ride on the San - ta Fe.
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I would lean a - cross my win - dow sill
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And hear the whis - tle ech - o - in' a - cross the hill,
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Then I'd watch the lights till they fade a - way
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On the Atch - i - son, To - pe - ka and the San - ta Fe.
Bridge 2:
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What a thrill with the wheels a - singin' "west - ward ho!"
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From the day I heard them start,
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'Cross the Kan - sas plains from New Mex - i - co --
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I guess I've got a lit - tle gyp - sy in my heart.
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When I'm old and grey and set - tled down,
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If I ev - er get a chance to sneak a - way from town,
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Then I'll spend my bus - man's hol - i - day
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On the Atch - i - son, To - pe - ka and the San - ta Fe.