Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Beginner
Key: 
Bb majorBb
🎸 Verse :
G+G 
D7D7 G+G
🎸 Verse 1:
G+G 
C majorC G+G
Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line
A7A7 D7D7
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
G+G C majorC G+G
Running into Cevile head porters on the line
D7D7 G+G
Receiving their strict orders from the station just behind
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
A7A7 D7D7
Saying my darling son be careful how you run
G+G C majorC G+G
Many a man has lost his life by trying to make lost time
D7D7 G+G
And if you run your engine right you'll get there just in time
🎸 Interlude:
G+G D7D7 G+G
🎸 Verse 3:
G+G C majorC G+G
Up the road she darted against the rocks she crashed
A7A7 D7D7
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash
G+G C majorC G+G
His head was against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
D7D7 G+G
I'm glad I was born to be an engineer on the C&O road to die
🎸 Verse 4:
G+G C majorC G+G
The doctor said to Georgie my darling son be still
A7A7 D7D7
Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
G+G C majorC G+G
Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free
D7D7 G+G
I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three
🎸 Verse 5:
G+G C majorC G+G
The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
A7A7 D7D7
Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave
G+G C majorC G+G
His face was covered up with blood his eyes you could not see
D MajorD G+G
And the very last words that Georgie said was nearer my God to thee
