Chords for The Carter Family-Engine 143

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Along came the FFB, [Eb] the swiftness [Bb] down the line,
Running o'er the CNO road [F] just twenty minutes behind.
_ [Bb] Running into Seville [Eb]
headquarters on [Bb] the line,
_ Receiving their strict orders [F] from a station [Bb] just behind. _
George's mother came to him [Eb] with a bucket on [Bb] her arm,
Saying, My darling son, [F] be careful how you run.
[Bb] For many a man has lost his life [Eb] in trying to [Bb] make lost time,
And if you run your engine _ [F] right, you'll get sergeant [Bb] on time.
_ _ Up the road she darted, [Eb] against the [Bb] rock she crushed.
_ Upside down the engine _ [F] turned, and George's breast did snag.
[Bb] His head was against the barbock door, [Gm] [Eb] the flames were [Bb] rolling high.
I'm glad I was born for an engineer, [F] [F] to die on the [Bb] CNO road.
_ The doctor said to George, Hey [Eb] my darling [Bb] boy, be still.
Your life may yet be saved, [F] if it is God's blessed will.
[Bb] Oh no, said George, that will not do.
[Eb] I want to die [Bb] soon free.
I want to die for the engine I [F] love, one hundred and [Bb] forty three.
_ _ The doctor said to George, Hey [Eb] your life cannot [Bb] be saved. _
Murdered up on a railroad, [F] and laid in a lonesome grave.
[Bb] His face was covered up in blood, [Eb] his eyes you [Bb] could not see.
And the very last words for George he said, [F] was Dear my [Am] God [Bb] to thee. _ _ _ _ _ _
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