Engine One-forty-three chords by The Carter Family

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse 1:
 A augmentedA            D MajorD       A augmentedA
Along came the  the swiftest on the line
                 E MajorE
Running o’er the road just twenty minutes behind
 A augmentedA             D MajorD      A augmentedA
Running into Cevile head porters on the line
                    E MajorE      A augmentedA
Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind

Verse 2:

 A augmentedA                 D MajorD       A augmentedA
Georgie’s mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
                 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
                 E MajorE            A augmentedA
And if you run your engine right you’ll get there just on time


Verse 3:
 A augmentedA           D MajorD          A augmentedA
Up the road he darted against the rocks he crushed
                 E MajorE
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie’s breast did smash
  A augmentedA                   D MajorD        A augmentedA
His head was against the firebox door the flames are rolling high
                    E MajorE        A augmentedA
I’m glad I was born for an engineer to die on the road


Verse 4:
 A augmentedA               D MajorD        A augmentedA
The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy be still
                  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
                    E MajorE         A augmentedA
I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three


Verse 5:
  A augmentedA              D MajorD       A augmentedA
The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
                  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
                   E MajorE            A augmentedA
And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee

Instrumental:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA