The Chief Engineer

	  		


th Fret 




Intro: G  C  G   C  G 


At twelve he met his true love 
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On the banks of the Zuider Zee 

There was smoke upon the water 
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Diesel on the breeze 
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Down the iron gangway 

Down into the noise 
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Down beside his destiny 
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Beside his pride and joy 


       C        G 
And he keeps us rolling 
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Keeps us rolling on 
        C       G 
And the engines singing 
      D     Em 
Their siren song 
       C        G 
And he keeps us rolling 
         D       G 
Keeps us rolling on 
C                G 
Listens to those engines sing 
      D     Em   C  G  D  G 
Their siren song 




Years upon the ocean 
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Upon the lakes and seas 

Down below the water line 
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Was where he chose to be 
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He listened hard to what they said 

Their thunder up and down 
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And he heard their finest whisper 
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And he understood their sound 


       C        G 
And he keeps us rolling 
         D       G 
Keeps us rolling on 
    C       G 
The engines singing 
      D     Em 
Their siren song 
       C        G 
And he keeps us rolling 
         D       G 
Keeps us rolling on 
       C                G 
And he listens to those engines sing 
      D     Em   C  G  D  G 
Their siren song 



Instrumental: G    D  G    D  G  D    G   D  G 


       C        G 
And he keeps us rolling 
         D       G 
Keeps us rolling on 
        C       G 
And the engines singing 
      D     Em 
Their siren song 
       C        G 
And he keeps us rolling 
         D       G 
Keeps us rolling on 
C                G 
Listens to those engines sing 
      D     Em   C  G  D  G 
Their siren song 




He said he's always loved them 
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The oil and the steel 

Speaks to his perfection of  
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His mechanized idyll 
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Sets his eyes to shining 

Like the dials down below 
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Like they did beside the Zuider Zee 
   C          G 
So many years ago 


       C        G 
And he keeps us rolling 
         D       G 
Keeps us rolling on 
        C       G 
And the engines singing 
      D     Em 
Their siren song 
       C        G 
And he keeps us rolling 
         D       G 
Keeps us rolling on 
        C       G 
And the engines singing 
      D     Em   
Their siren song 



 
       C        G 
And he keeps us rolling 
         D       G 
Keeps us rolling on 
    C                G 
And listens to those engines sing 
      D     Em 
Their siren song 
   C                G 
He listens to those engines sing 
      D     G    
Their siren song 



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