49 Tons Chords & Lyrics - Fred Eaglesmith

If there were [G]seventeen cars out in my back yard,
The [F]boys in blue were calling my name,
[G]Semi-automatics up on the rooftop,
[F]They just wanted to talk to me,
I'd [G]tell them what they wanted to hear,
The [F]only thing that I knew.
[G]Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive
[F]Couldn't drag me back to you.

Every[G]where you go, there's a train wreck, baby,
Every[F]where you go, there's a runaway train,
[G]Breaking my heart like a bottleneck, baby,
[F]Sliding up and down and pulling its strings.
Every[G]where 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.

If [G]I was a brakeman, if I was a switchman,
If [F]I was an engineer,
I'd [G]take that train on down the line
[F]And clear on out of here.
If [G]I was the man swinging the lantern,
I'd [F]swing it 'til it was blue.
[G]Forty-nine tons of diesel locomotive
[F]Couldn't drag me back to you.

Tabbed by Bob O'Neill 2015