49 Tons chords by Fred Eaglesmith

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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If there were seventeen
cars out in my back yard
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The boys in blue were callin'
my name
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Semi-automatics up up on the rooftop
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They just wanted to talk to me
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I'd tell     'em what
they wanted to hear
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The only thing that I knew
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Forty-nine tons tons of diesel locomotive
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Couldn't drag me back
to you
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Verse 2
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Everywhere you go there's
a train wreck baby
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Everywhere you go there's
a runaway train
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Play my heart like a bottleneckbaby
Sliding up and down and and
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pulling my strings
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Everywhere you go  every
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body knows
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You're looking for someone
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to do
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Forty-nine tons tons of
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Couldn't drag me back to you

Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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If I  was a brakeman I was a switch man
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If I  was an engineer
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I'd take that train on down that line
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And clear on out of here
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If I was the man swinging the lantern
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I'd swing it 'til I
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was blue
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Forty-nine tons tons of diesel locomotive
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Couldn't drag me back to you
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Couldn't drag me back to you

Outro 1
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