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Boxcar by Shovels And Rope
Boxcar
Standard tuning, no capo. If you watch a video, Cary plays with the C chord a
little. This is my first tab and I'm not great at guitar so it may not be perfect.
But it's a great song and there were no chords or lyrics anywhere online.
C C F C
Aint it just like you and me to go down like that?
C C F C
Bleeding out in a boxcar shot in the back.
C C
We were all that luck(?) all that time
F C
Lord was waiting for us at the end of the line.
C C F C
Any minute now we knew we were going to have to decide.
F
Take a fat chance come out gunning.
C Em F
Get out now and try to keep running down south.
C
Til she said hey hey cut the rope
F C
No way we’re gonna let them get us both
C
Don’t stop running til we reach that coast
F C
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke
C C F C
Coming out of the harbor it was simple and new
C C F C
Clean as clear water we could see straight through.
C C
But in that old dust bowl when the money got low
F C
it was all we could do to keep a nail in the floor
C C
Showed on her face, tell by the lines
F C
These were desperate times
F
Pistol strapped and her hair was dyed
C Em
Gonna make her money like Bonnie and Clyde
F
Well be alright
C
And she said hey hey cut the rope
F C
No way were gonna let them get us both
C
Dont stop running til we reach that coast
F C
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke
F
Dont let the sorry weather get you down
C
Change your last name, try your luck around
F
And if they ever come to ask about me
C Em
Tell them that you knew me and you kind of liked me
F
I ain’t afraid to go it on my own
C Em
You can make a run and make it all alone
F
Youll be all right
F
End of the line the engines still burning
C Em F
Just like the wheels, the hands keep turning round and round
F
Til time ran out
C
And she said hey hey cut the rope
F C
No way were gonna let them get us both
C
Dont stop running til we reach that coast
F C
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke (X2)
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version 2
G: Ain't it just like
D: you an' me to go
C: down like
G: that
G: Bleedin' out in a
D: Boxcar
C: Shot in the
G: Back
G: We were all outta luck
D: And all outta time
C:Law was waitin for us at the
G: end of the line
G:Any minute now
D: we knew we was gonna
C:have to de-
G: cide
GDCG
C: Take yer fat chance and come out gunnin'
G: head out now and
D: try to keep runnin
C: down south
Hold C
C: 'till she said
G: Hey hey
D: cut the rope, ain't
C: no way I'm gonna let 'em
Em: get us both so
G: don't stop runnin 'till yeh
D: reach that coast
C: let yer pretty mama go up in (hold C) smoke
GDCG
Repeat first verse chords for second verse
C: Pistol strapped and her hair was dyed
G: Gonna make her money like
D: Bonnie and Clyde we'll be
C: Allright
GDCG
C; Don't let the sorrow of it get you down
G: change yer last name and try yer
D: luck around
C: And if they ever come to ask about me
G: tell 'em that you knew me and yeh
D: kinda liked me
C: I ain't afraid to go it on my own
G: You -----
D: ----- you'll be
C: allright
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version 3
Standard tuning, no capo. Harp in C.
C G F C
Aint it just like you and me to go down like that?
C G F C
Bleeding out in a boxcar shot in the back.
C G
We were all that luck(?) all that time
F C
Lord was waiting for us at the end of the line.
C G F C
Any minute now we knew we were going to have to decide.
F
Take a fat chance come out gunning.
C Em F
Get out now and try to keep running down south.
C G
Til she said hey hey cut the rope
F C
No way we’re gonna let them get us both
C G
Don’t stop running til we reach that coast
F C
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke
C G F C
Coming out of the harbor it was simple and new
C G F C
Clean as clear water we could see straight through.
C G
But in that old dust bowl when the money got low
F C
it was all we could do to keep a nail in the floor
C G
Showed on her face, tell by the lines
F C
These were desperate times
F
Pistol strapped and her hair was dyed
C Em
Gonna make her money like Bonnie and Clyde
F
Well be alright
C G
And she said hey hey cut the rope
F C
No way were gonna let them get us both
C G
Dont stop running til we reach that coast
F C
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke
F
Dont let the sorry weather get you down
C Em
Change your last name, try your luck around
F
And if they ever come to ask about me
C Em
Tell them that you knew me and you kind of liked me
F
I ain’t afraid to go it on my own
C Em
You can make a run and make it all alone
F
Youll be all right
F
End of the line the engines still burning
C Em F
Just like the wheels, the hands keep turning round and round
F
Til time ran out
C G
And she said hey hey cut the rope
F C
No way were gonna let them get us both
C G
Dont stop running til we reach that coast
F C
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke (X2)
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