49 Tons chords by Fred Eaglesmith

Chords with lyrics

Note: Original key is F, capo 2 and play in G+G to get the same result


       G+G
If there were seventeen cars out in my back yard,
  FF
The boys in blue were calling my name,
G+G
Semi-automatics up on the rooftop,
FF
They just wanted to talk to me,
  G+G
I'd tell them what they wanted to hear,
  FF
The only thing that I knew.
G+G
Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive
FF
Couldn't drag me back to you.

   G+G
Everywhere you go, there's a train wreck, baby,
   FF
Everywhere you go, there's a runaway train,
G+G
Breaking my heart like a bottleneck, baby,
FF
Sliding up and down and pulling its strings.
   G+G
Everywhere you go, everybody knows,
FF
You're looking for someone to do.
G+G
Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive
FF
Couldn't drag me back to you.


  G+G
If I was a brakeman, if I was a switchman,
  FF
If I was an engineer,
  G+G
I'd take that train on down the line
FF
And clear on out of here.
  G+G
If I was the man swinging the lantern,
  FF
I'd swing it 'til it was blue.
G+G
Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive
FF
Couldn't drag me back to you.

Tabbed by Bob O'Neill 2015