The Engine Driver

The Decemberists

  • Bm
  • C
  • Cmaj7
  • D
  • E
  • Em
  • F
  • G
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Key:
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[Verses]
Cmaj7 Em Bm I'm an engine driver
Cmaj7 G D On a long run, on a long run
Cmaj7 Em Bm Would I were beside her
Cmaj7 G D She's a long one, such a long one
Cmaj7 G D And if you don't love me let me
Cmaj7 Em Bm go
Cmaj7 G D And if you don't love me let me
Cmaj7 Em Bm go
Cmaj7 Em Bm I'm a county lineman
Cmaj7 G D On the highline, on the highline
Cmaj7 Em Bm So will be my grandson
Cmaj7 G There are powerlines in our
D bloodlines
Cmaj7 G D And if you don't love me let me
Cmaj7 Em Bm go
Cmaj7 G D And if you don't love me let me
Cmaj7 Em Bm go
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G Bm And I am a writer, writer of
Em fictions
C G I am the heart that you call home
Bm Em And I've written pages upon pages
C F E Trying to rid you from my bones
F E My bones My bones [Interlude:]
Cmaj7 Em Bm Cmaj7 G D
Cmaj7 Em Bm Cmaj7 G D
Cmaj7 Em Bm I'm a money lender
Cmaj7 G D I have fortunes upon fortunes
Cmaj7 Em Bm Take my hand for tender
Cmaj7 G D I am tortured ever tortured
Cmaj7 G D And if you don't love me let me
Cmaj7 Em Bm go
Cmaj7 G D And if you don't love me let me
Cmaj7 Em Bm go
G Bm And I am a writer, writer of
Em fictions
C G I am the heart that you call home
Bm Em And I've written pages upon pages
C G Trying to rid you from my bones
Bm I am a writer
Em C G I am all that you have home, home
Bm Em And I've written pages upon pages
C F E Trying to rid you from my bones
F E My bones My bones
Cmaj7 G D (And if you don't love me let me go)
Cmaj7 G D And if you don't love me let me go
Cmaj7 G D (And if you don't love me let me go)
Cmaj7 G D Cmaj7 And if you don't love me let me go
Song details

Composition: Colin Meloy

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