Townes Van Zandt – Ffv (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Tabbed by: http://www.andreasvockrodt.de
[Intro]
G D G
[Verse]
G C G Well, along come the FFV, the swiftest on the line D Running along the C&O 'road twenty minutes behind G C G Running in the Seville headquarters on the line D G Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind
[Verse 2]
G C G Well, George's mother come to him with a bucket on her arm D Saying, "My darling boy, be careful how you run G C G Well, it's many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time D G But if you run your engine right, you'll make her just on time"
[Verse 3]
G C G Aw, but off of the road she darted and into the rocks she crashed D Well, the engine she laid upside down and George's breast was smashed G C G Well, his head lay against the firebox door and the flames were rolling high D G Well, I'm proud to be born for an engineer on the C&O 'road to die
[Solo]
G C G G D
G C G G D G
[Verse 4]
G C G Well, the doctor come to Georgie, my darling boy be still D Well, your life can yet be saved, if it is God's blessed will G C G Aw, no, no, it will not do, I want to fly so free D G Well I want to die with the engine I love, a hundred and forty three
[Verse 5]
G C G Then the doctor said to Georgie, "Well your life cannot be saved" D Murdered out on the railroad, laid in a lonesome grave G C G But his face was all covered up with blood, his eyes, they could not see D G And the very last words that Georgie spoke were "Nearer my God to thee"