Engine 143 chords by Joan Baez

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA


Verse:
A augmentedA            D MajorD       A augmentedA
Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line
A augmentedA              B7B7        E MajorE
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
A augmentedA              D MajorD        A augmentedA
Running into Sou'ville headquarters on the line
A augmentedA                   E MajorE       A augmentedA
Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind

Verse:
A augmentedA                  D MajorD       A augmentedA
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
A augmentedA             B7B7      E MajorE
Saying my darling son be careful how you run
A augmentedA                  D MajorD          A augmentedA
For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time
A augmentedA                    E MajorE         A augmentedA
And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time


Verse:
A augmentedA           D MajorD          A augmentedA
Up the road he darted against the rocks he crashed
A augmentedA                 B7B7          E MajorE
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast was smashed
A augmentedA                D MajorD              A augmentedA
His head lay against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
A augmentedA                     E MajorE      A augmentedA
I'm glad to be born for an engineer on the C&O road to die


Verse:
A augmentedA               D MajorD        A augmentedA
The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy lie still
A augmentedA                B7B7        E MajorE
Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
A augmentedA                  D MajorD       A augmentedA
Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free
A augmentedA                    E MajorE         A augmentedA
I want to die with the engine I love one hundred and forty three


Verse:
A augmentedA                D MajorD        A augmentedA
The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
A augmentedA              B7B7         E MajorE
Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave
A augmentedA                   D MajorD          A augmentedA
His face was covered up with blood his eyes they could not see
A augmentedA                       E MajorE        A augmentedA
And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee