The Chief Engineer chords by David Francey

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

CAPO: 4th Fret



INTRO:
G+G C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G


Verse:
At twelve he met his true love
    C majorC          G+G
On the banks of the Zuider Zee

There was smoke upon the water
C majorC       G+G
Diesel on the breeze
D MajorD
Down the iron gangway

Down into the noise
G+G
Down beside his destiny
 C majorC         G+G
Beside his pride and joy

CHORUS:
    C majorC    G+G
And he keeps us rolling
     D MajorD    G+G
Keeps us rolling on
    C majorC    G+G
And the engines singing
   D MajorD   E minorEm
Their siren song
    C majorC    G+G
And he keeps us rolling
     D MajorD    G+G
Keeps us rolling on
C majorC        G+G
Listens to those engines sing
   D MajorD   E minorEm  C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Their siren song


Verse:
Years upon the ocean
 C majorC         G+G
Upon the lakes and seas

Down below the water line
  C majorC         G+G
Was where he chose to be
  D MajorD
He listened hard to what they said

Their thunder up and down
    G+G
And he heard their finest whisper
    C majorC        G+G
And he understood their sound

CHORUS:
    C majorC    G+G
And he keeps us rolling
     D MajorD    G+G
Keeps us rolling on
  C majorC    G+G
The engines singing
   D MajorD   E minorEm
Their siren song
    C majorC    G+G
And he keeps us rolling
     D MajorD    G+G
Keeps us rolling on
    C majorC        G+G
And he listens to those engines sing
   D MajorD   E minorEm  C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Their siren song


INSTRUMENTAL:
G+G  D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD G+G


CHORUS:
    C majorC    G+G
And he keeps us rolling
     D MajorD    G+G
Keeps us rolling on
    C majorC    G+G
And the engines singing
   D MajorD   E minorEm
Their siren song
    C majorC    G+G
And he keeps us rolling
     D MajorD    G+G
Keeps us rolling on
C majorC        G+G
Listens to those engines sing
   D MajorD   E minorEm  C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Their siren song


Verse:
He said he's always loved them
  C majorC      G+G
The oil and the steel

Speaks to his perfection of
  C majorC     G+G
His mechanized idyll
D MajorD
Sets his eyes to shining

Like the dials down below
     G+G
Like they did beside the Zuider Zee
  C majorC     G+G
So many years ago


CHORUS:
    C majorC    G+G
And he keeps us rolling
     D MajorD    G+G
Keeps us rolling on
    C majorC    G+G
And the engines singing
   D MajorD   E minorEm
Their siren song
    C majorC    G+G
And he keeps us rolling
     D MajorD    G+G
Keeps us rolling on
    C majorC    G+G
And the engines singing
   D MajorD   E minorEm
Their siren song


CHORUS:
    C majorC    G+G
And he keeps us rolling
     D MajorD    G+G
Keeps us rolling on
  C majorC        G+G
And listens to those engines sing
   D MajorD   E minorEm
Their siren song
  C majorC        G+G
He listens to those engines sing
   D MajorD   G+G
Their siren song


OUTRO:
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G