49 Tons

	  		              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.