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.
G
Everywhere you go, there's a train wreck, baby,
F
Everywhere you go, there's a runaway train,
G
Breaking my heart like a bottleneck, baby,
F
Sliding up and down and pulling its strings.
G
Everywhere you go, everybody knows,
F
You're looking for someone to do.
G
Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive
F
Couldn't drag me back to you.
G
If I was a brakeman, if I was a switchman,
F
If I was an engineer,
G
I'd take that train on down the line
F
And clear on out of here.
G
If I was the man swinging the lantern,
F
I'd swing it 'til it was blue.
G
Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive
F
Couldn't drag me back to you.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.