Fred Eaglesmith - 49 Tons guitar tab

49 TONS (Fred Eaglesmith)

G''' F'''

G

If there were seventeen cars out in my back yard,

F

The boys in blue were calling my name,

G

Semi-automatics up on the rooftop,

F

They just wanted to talk to me,

G

I'd tell them what they wanted to hear,

F

The only thing that I knew:

G

Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive

F

Couldn't drag me back to you.

Everywhere you go, there's a train wreck, baby,

Everywhere you go, there's a runaway train,

Breaking my heart like a bottleneck, baby,

Sliding up and down and pulling its strings.

Everywhere you go, everybody knows,

You're looking for someone to do.

Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive

Couldn't drag me back to you.

If I was a brakeman, if I was a switchman,

If I was an engineer,

I'd take that train on down the line

And clear on out of here.

If I was the man swinging the lantern,

I'd swing it 'til it was blue.

Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive

Couldn't drag me back to you.