Mr. Engineer
J.D. Crowe
Written by Jimmy Martin and Paul Williams
Key of G · Chords: I IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
G C D7 G Engineer reach up and pull the whistle C D7 G Let me hear that lonesome sound C D7 G For it blends with the feeling that's in me C D7 G The one I love has turned me down
Verse 2
C D7 G There's sixteen cars behind each engine C D7 G I ride the last one to the end of the line C D7 G I don't know where I'm going or where I'll wind up C D7 G Just any place to ease my worried mind
Verse 1
G C D7 G Engineer reach up and pull the whistle C D7 G Let me hear that lonesome sound C D7 G For it blends with the feeling that's in me C D7 G The one I love has turned me down
Verse 3
C D7 G I'm gonna catch me a freight train C D7 G Lord I'm leaving this lonesome town C D7 G The one I loved and gave my heart to C D7 G Someone else she’s turned me down
Verse 1
G C D7 G Engineer reach up and pull the whistle C D7 G Let me hear that lonesome sound C D7 G For it blends with the feeling that's in me C D7 G The one I love has turned me down
Verse 1
G C D7 G Engineer reach up and pull the whistle C D7 G Let me hear that lonesome sound C D7 G For it blends with the feeling that's in me C D7 G The one I love has turned me down