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Engine 143 by Joan Baez
Engine 143
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
[Intro]
A E A
[Verse]
A D A
Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line
A B7 E
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
A D A
Running into Sou'ville headquarters on the line
A E A
Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind
[Verse]
A D A
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
A B7 E
Saying my darling son be careful how you run
A D A
For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time
A E A
And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time
[Verse]
A D A
Up the road he darted against the rocks he crashed
A B7 E
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast was smashed
A D A
His head lay against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
A E A
I'm glad to be born for an engineer on the C&O road to die
[Verse]
A D A
The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy lie still
A B7 E
Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
A D A
Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free
A E A
I want to die with the engine I love one hundred and forty three
[Verse]
A D A
The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
A B7 E
Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave
A D A
His face was covered up with blood his eyes they could not see
A E A
And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee
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