Graniteville

	  		

Intro: Bb - F - Cm - Eb 

       Bb 
Just a boxcar flower used to follow your daddy 
 Gm 
another fader-in from Cincinatti 
Eb                                                 Bb 
You were always watching, watching the trains roll by 

Bb 
Yeah, you know I love you, everything you carry 
 Gm 
Another redeye, Mobile, Albany 
Eb                                                Bb 
You were always watching, watching the train roll by 

             Bb 
So, tell me, what's going on in Graniteville 
        F 
Catch a whole town underneath a sleeping pill 
       Cm 
It's a quiet little city that grew up together 
          Eb 
with your picture looking out your grandmother's window 

          Bb 
There's a black train rolling through the middle of the night 
F 
Finds us here, well there's nowhere to hide 
      Cm 
If we ever wake up in Graniteville 
        Eb 
Oh, you know how much I love you and I always will 

Bb - F - Cm - Eb 

Bb 
Trying so hard just to get away 
     Gm 
some people want to die in a quiet place 
           Eb                                               Bb 
where everybody's always watching, watching the trains roll by 

          Bb 
Yeah, you have a place to go when it's never enough 
       Gm 
Little hard to pay the toll, train's in a rush 
       Eb                                             Bb 
out of town, it's always leaving, waving the girl goodbye, goodbye 

          F 
Yeah, but every town is small when it comes to you 
          Gm 
Just like everyone's asleep when it's passing through 
    Eb                                    Bb 
All night I heard the scream of a million tongues 

   Bb (held) 
So wake up, pretty baby, turn the light on 
  Gm (held) 
tonight there's something different, something gone wrong 
           Eb                    Bb 
We've been sleeping too long, so long 

             Bb 
So, tell me, what's going on in Graniteville 
        F 
Catch a whole town underneath a sleeping pill 
       Cm 
It's a quiet little city that grew up together 
          Eb 
with your picture looking out your grandmother's window 

          Bb 
There's a black train rolling through the middle of the night 
F 
Finds us here, well there's nowhere to hide 
      Cm 
If we ever wake up in Graniteville 
        Eb 
Oh, you know how much I love you and I always will 

Bb - F - Cm - Eb 

Bb                       F 
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin' 
Cm                 Eb 
Don't you leave me or forsake me 
Bb                       F 
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin' 
Cm                 Eb 
Don't you know how much I love you? 

Bb                 F 
Wake up, baby, and hear the screeching 
Cm                  Eb 
whole town drifting off to dreamin' 
Bb                       F 
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin' 
Cm                Eb 
Winter's leaving, Spring has sprung in 

Bb             F 
Wake up, baby, hear the screaming 
Cm                    Eb 
Whole town dies while it's still sleeping 
Bb                       F  (ritard) 
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin' 
Cm                Eb     Eb 
Don't forget, you know I love you.