The Engine Driver Chords by The Decemberists

Tempo:
97.5 bpm
Chords used:

C

Em

G

D

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Decemberists - The Engine Driver chords
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[C]
[D]
I'm an [Em] engine [Bm] driver [C] on a long [G] run, on a [D] long [C] run.
Would I work [Em]
beside her?
[C] She's a [G] long one, such [D] a long [C] one.
And if you don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
[Em]
[Bm] [C] And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
[Em]
[Bm] [C] I'm a county [Em]
[Bm] lineman [C] on the high [G]
line, [D] on the high [C] line.
So will be [Em] my [Bm] grandson.
[C] There are power [G]
lines [D] in our [C] bloodlines.
And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
[Em]
[Bm] [C] And if you [G]
don't [D] love me, let [C] me go.
[Em]
[D] [G] And I [Bm] am a writer, writer [Em] of fictions.
I am [C] the heart that you [G] call home.
And I've [Bm] written pages [Em] upon pages, trying [C] to rid you from [F] my [E]
bones.
[F] My [E]
bones, my [C] bones.
[Em]
[Bm] [C] [G]
[D] [C] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [G]
[D] [C] I'm a [Em] money lender.
[C] I have [G]
fortunes [D] upon [C] fortunes.
Take my hand [Em] for tender.
[C] I am [G] torture, [D] ever [C] torture.
And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
[Em]
[Bm] [C] And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
[Em]
[D] [G] And I [Bm] am a writer, writer [Em] of fictions.
I am [C] the heart that you [G] call home.
And I've written [Bm]
pages upon [Em] pages, trying [C] to rid you from my [G] bones.
I am a [Bm]
writer.
[Em] Don't you have [C] home?
[G] And I've [Bm] written pages upon [Em] pages, trying to [C] rid you from my [F] [E]
bones.
[F] My [E]
bones, my [C] bones.
And if you [Em] don't love [Bm] me, let me [C] go.
And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
And if you [Em] don't love me, [Bm] let me [C] go.
And if you don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
Em
121
G
2131
D
1321
Bm
13421112
C
3211
Em
121
G
2131
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To learn The Decemberists - The Engine Driver chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - G, C, G, C, Em, Bm, C, G, Bm and Em of chords. Adjust your pace with the tempo control on ChordU, starting slowly and speeding up progressively. With G Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm an [Em] engine _ [Bm] driver _ [C] _ on a long [G] run, on a [D] long [C] run.
Would I work [Em] _
beside her?
[C] _ She's a [G] long one, such [D] a long [C] one.
And if you don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ I'm a county [Em] _
_ [Bm] lineman [C] _ on the high [G]
line, [D] on the high [C] line.
So will be [Em] my [Bm] grandson.
_ [C] _ There are power [G]
lines [D] in our _ [C] bloodlines.
And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ And if you [G]
don't [D] love me, let [C] me go.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ And I [Bm] am a writer, writer [Em] of fictions.
I am [C] the heart that you [G] call home.
And I've [Bm] written pages [Em] upon pages, trying [C] to rid you from [F] my _ _ _ [E] _
bones.
[F] My _ _ _ [E] _
bones, my [C] bones.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ I'm a [Em] money lender.
_ [C] _ I have _ [G]
fortunes [D] upon _ [C] fortunes.
Take my hand [Em] for tender.
_ [C] _ I am [G] torture, [D] ever [C] torture.
And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] _ go.
_ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ And I [Bm] am a writer, writer [Em] of fictions.
I am [C] the heart that you [G] call home.
And I've written [Bm]
pages upon [Em] pages, trying [C] to rid you from my [G] bones.
I am a [Bm]
writer.
_ _ [Em] Don't you have [C] home?
_ _ _ [G] And I've [Bm] written pages upon [Em] _ pages, trying to [C] rid you from my [F] _ _ _ [E] _
bones.
[F] My _ _ _ [E] _
bones, my [C] bones.
And if you [Em] don't love [Bm] me, let me [C] go.
And if you [G] don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
And if you [Em] don't love me, [Bm] let me [C] go.
And if you don't love [D] me, let me [C] go.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _

Facts about this song

This song, written by Colin Meloy, finds its place within the Picaresque album.

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