[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Here's a little song about a good old train,
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The Duluth, Messabe, and the Iron Range
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What's so special 'bout that set of wheels
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Well, they carry iron ore for to make that steel


[Chorus]
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Well the miners, they dig it out of the ground
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D.M. and I.R, they carry it down
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Put it on the lakers going southward bound
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That's the way to make a living in a northern town


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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A-rolling off the range, going down the track
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Gonna dump that load, gonna hurry on back
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Follow that trestle to the shore,
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Fill up those boats, come back for more


[Chorus]
          G                   C
Well the miners, they dig it out of the ground
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D.M. and I.R, they carry it down
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Put it on the lakers going southward bound
            G                          D7
That's the way to make a living in a northern town


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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The color of the engine so fine,
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Same color as the iron ore in the mine
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Many gondolas skim that beat
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Around the curve, far as the eye can see


[Chorus]
          G                   C
Well the miners, they dig it out of the ground
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D.M. and I.R, they carry it down
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Put it on the lakers going southward bound
            G                          D7
That's the way to make a living in a northern town


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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Oh, running up the range, going down the track
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Gonna drop that load, gonna hurry on back
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Over the trestle to the shore
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Fill up those boats, come back for more


[Verse 5]
  G                           C
Here's a little song about a good old train,
        G                     D7
The Duluth, Messabe, and the Iron Range
 G                            C
What's so special 'bout that set of wheels
             G                    D7
Well, they carry iron ore for to make that steel


[Chorus]
          G                   C
Well the miners, they dig it out of the ground
 G                   D7
D.M. and I.R, they carry it down
 G                           C
Put it on the lakers going southward bound
            G                          D7
That's the way to make a living in a northern town


[Outro]
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