The Decemberists – The Engine Driver (Guitar)

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Artist: The Decemberists Album: Picaresque Song: The Engine Driver [Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Cmaj7         Em Bm
I'm an engine driver

Cmaj7          G    D
On a long run, on a long run

Cmaj7          Em   Bm
Would I were beside her

Cmaj7             G      D
She's a long one, such a long one
[Tag]
Cmaj7            G       D     Cmaj7 Em Bm
And if you don't love me let me go

Cmaj7            G       D     Cmaj7 Em Bm
And if you don't love me let me go
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7        Em  Bm
I'm a county lineman

Cmaj7            G      D
On the highline, on the highline

Cmaj7         Em   Bm
So will be my grandson

Cmaj7                G      D
There are powerlines in our bloodlines
[Tag]
Cmaj7            G       D     Cmaj7 Em Bm
And if you don't love me let me go

Cmaj7            G       D     Cmaj7 Em Bm
And if you don't love me let me go
[Chorus]
G          Bm                Em
And I am a writer, writer of fictions

         C                   G
I am the heart that you call home

                 Bm         Em
And I've written pages upon pages

          C               F E
Trying to rid you from my bones

   F E
My bones
My bones [Interlude] Cmaj7 Em Bm Cmaj7 G D Cmaj7 Em Bm Cmaj7 G D [Verse 3]
Cmaj7       Em Bm
I'm a money lender

Cmaj7           G    D
I have fortunes upon fortunes

Cmaj7            Em Bm
Take my hand for tender

Cmaj7         G    D
I am tortured ever tortured
[Tag]
Cmaj7            G       D     Cmaj7 Em Bm
And if you don't love me let me go

Cmaj7            G       D     Cmaj7 Em Bm
And if you don't love me let me go
[Chorus]
G          Bm                Em
And I am a writer, writer of fictions

         C                   G
I am the heart that you call home

                 Bm         Em
And I've written pages upon pages

          C               G
Trying to rid you from my bones

       Bm
I am a writer

     Em                C     G
I am all that you have home, home

                 Bm         Em
And I've written pages upon pages

          C               F E
Trying to rid you from my bones

   F E
My bones
My bones [Outro]
Cmaj7             G       D
(And if you don't love me let me go)

Cmaj7            G       D
And if you don't love me let me go

Cmaj7             G       D
(And if you don't love me let me go)

Cmaj7            G       D     Cmaj7
And if you don't love me let me go