{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1721613,"song":"49 Tons","artist":"Fred Eaglesmith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11365287-49-tons-chords-by-fred-eaglesmith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1721613?type=chord","rating":4.64516,"votes":14,"content":"Note: Original key  is F, capo  2 and play in G to get the same result\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf there were seventeen cars out in my back yard,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe boys in blue were calling my name,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSemi-automatics up on the rooftop,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey just wanted to talk to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd tell them what they wanted to hear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe only thing that I knew.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nForty-nine tons of diesel locomotive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nCouldn't drag me back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverywhere you go, there's a train wreck, baby,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEverywhere you go, there's a runaway train,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBreaking my heart like a bottleneck, baby,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSliding up and down and pulling its strings.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverywhere you go, everybody knows,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou're looking for someone to do.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nForty-nine tons of diesel locomotive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nCouldn't drag me back to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I was a brakeman, if I was a switchman,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf I was an engineer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd take that train on down the line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd clear on out of here.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I was the man swinging the lantern,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'd swing it 'til it was blue.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nForty-nine tons of diesel locomotive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nCouldn't drag me back to you.[/tab]\r","plain_text":"Note: Original key  is F, capo  2 and play in G to get the same result","chords":["F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}