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Engine 143 by Johnny Cash
Engine 143
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bb
Capo:3rd fret
[Verse]
G D7 G
[Verse 1]
G C G
Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line
A7 D7
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
G C G
Running into Cevile head porters on the line
D7 G
Receiving their strict orders from the station just behind
[Verse 2]
G C G
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
A7 D7
Saying my darling son be careful how you run
G C G
Many a man has lost his life by trying to make lost time
D7 G
And if you run your engine right you'll get there just in time
[Interlude]
G D7 G
[Verse 3]
G C G
Up the road she darted against the rocks she crashed
A7 D7
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash
G C G
His head was against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
D7 G
I'm glad I was born to be an engineer on the C&O road to die
[Verse 4]
G C G
The doctor said to Georgie my darling son be still
A7 D7
Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
G C G
Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free
D7 G
I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three
[Verse 5]
G C G
The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
A7 D7
Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave
G C G
His face was covered up with blood his eyes you could not see
D G
And the very last words that Georgie said was nearer my God to thee
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