Johnny Cash – Engine 143 (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
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Chords
As recorded by Johnny Cash
(From the 1965 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL - 2002 CD REISSUE BONUS TRACK)
[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
[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