Engine 143 Chords by Johnny Cash

Engine 143 chords by Johnny Cash

Guitar chords with lyrics

Capo on 3rd
Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Bb

🎸 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

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🎸 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

Published: July 11, 2022

Last updated: July 11, 2022

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