Engine 143 – Johnny Cash
Nghệ sĩ: Johnny Cash
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
ENGINE 143
As recorded by Johnny Cash
(From the 1965 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL - 2002 CD REISSUE BONUS TRACK)
Capo 3rd fret.
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Verse→ Phiên khúc
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Running into Cevile head porters on the line
ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Receiving their strict orders from the station just behind
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
Saying my darling son be careful how you run
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Many a man has lost his life by trying to make lost time
ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
And if you run your engine right you'll get there just in time
Interlude
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Up the road she darted against the rocks she crashed
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
His head was against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
I'm glad I was born to be an engineer on the C&O road to die
Verse 4→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
The doctor said to Georgie my darling son be still
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free
ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three
Verse 5→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
His face was covered up with blood his eyes you could not see
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
And the very last words that Georgie said was nearer my God to thee