Engine 143 Chords by Johnny Cash

_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ Along came the F.F.P., [Eb] the swiftest [Bb] on the line,
_ _ Running o'er the C.N.O. Road, [C] just twenty minutes [F] behind,
_ [Bb]
Running into Siouxville _ headquarters on the line,
_ Receiving their strict orders [F] from the station just [Bb] behind, _ _
_ _ _ George's mother came to him [Eb] with a bucket [Bb] on her arm,
Saying, My darling son, [C] be careful how [F] you run,
[Bb] Many a man has lost his life [Eb] by trying to [Bb] make lost time,
_ But if you run your engine right, [F] you'll get there just [Bb] in time, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ Up the road she darted, [Eb] against the rock she [Bb] crashed, _
Upside down the engine turned, [C] and George's breast [F] did smash,
[Bb] His head was against the firebox door, [Eb] the flames were [Bb] rolling high,
_ I'm glad I was born to be an engineer, [F] on the C.N.O. Road [Bb] to die,
The _ _ _ _ _ doctor said to George, [Eb] My darling [Bb] son, be still,
Your life may yet be saved, [G] if it [C] is God's blessed [F] will,
_ [Bb] Oh no, said George, that will not do, I [Eb] want to die [Bb] so free,
I want to die for the engine I love, [F] one hundred and forty [Bb]-three, _ _ _
_ _ _ The doctor said to George, _ [Eb] your life cannot be saved,
_ Murdered up on a railroad, and [C]
laid in a [F] lonesome grave,
[Bb] His face was covered up with blood, [Eb] his eyes you [Bb] could not see,
The very last words that George said, _ [F] was near my God [Bb] to thee.