49 Tons
49 Tons

49 Tons easy guitar chords by Fred Eaglesmith

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • Gsus4

  • Gm

    3

  • F

  • C

  • Csus4

  • Bb

  • D

  • Em

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • Gsus4

  • Gm

    3

  • F

  • C

  • Csus4

  • Bb

  • D

  • Em

  • A

  • Bm

    2
    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    If 
    there 
    were seventeen 

    cars 
    out 
    in 
    my 
    back 
    yard 

    The 
    boys 
    in 
    blue 
    were 
    callin' 

    my 
    name 

    Semi-automatics 
    up 
    up 
    on 
    the rooftop 

    They 
    just 
    wanted 
    to talk 
    to 
    me 

    I'd 
    tell 
    'em 
    what 

    they 
    wanted 
    to 
    hear 

    The 
    only 
    thing 
    that 
    I 
    knew 

    Forty-n
    ine 
    tons 
    tons 
    of 
    diesel 
    locomotive 

    Couldn't 
    drag 
    me 
    back 

    to you 

    Verse 2

    Everywhere 
    you 
    go 
    there's 

    a train 
    wreck 
    baby 

    Everywhere 
    you 
    go 
    there's 

    a 
    runaway 
    train 

    Play 
    my 
    heart 
    like 
    a 
    bottleneck
    baby 

    Sliding 
    up 
    and 
    down 
    and and 

    pulling 
    my 
    strings 

    Everywhere 
    you 
    go 
    every

    body 
    knows 

    You're 
    look
    ing 
    for someone 

    to 
    do 


    Forty-nine 
    tons 
    tons 
    of 

    diesel 
    locomotive 

    Couldn't 
    drag 
    me 
    back 
    to you 

    Interlude 1



























    Verse 3
    If 
    I 
    was 
    a 
    brake
    man 
    I 
    was 
    a switch 
    man 

    If 
    I 
    was 
    an 
    engineer

    I'd 
    take 
    that 
    train 
    on 
    down 
    that 
    line 

    And clear 
    on 
    out 
    of 
    here 

    If 
    I 
    was 
    the man 
    swinging 
    the 
    lan
    tern 

    I'd swing 
    it 
    'til 
    I 

    was 
    blue 

    Forty-n
    ine 
    tons 
    tons 
    of 
    diesel 
    locomotive 

    Couldn't 
    drag 
    me 
    back 
    to 
    you 

    Forty-n
    ine 
    tons 
    tons 
    of 
    diesel 
    locomotive 

    Couldn't 
    drag 
    me 
    back 
    to 
    you 

    Outro 1




















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