Graniteville
by Doug Burr (
A# - F - Cm - Eb
A#
Just a boxcar flower used to follow your daddy
Gm
another fader-in from Cincinatti
Eb A#
You were always watching, watching the trains roll by
A#
Yeah, you know I love you, everything you carry
Gm
Another redeye, Mobile, Albany
Eb A#
You were always watching, watching the train roll by
A#
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
A#
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
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A#
Trying so hard just to get away
Gm
some people want to die in a quiet place
Eb A#
where everybody's always watching, watching the trains roll by
A#
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 A#
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 A#
All night I heard the scream of a million tongues
A# (held)
So wake up, pretty baby, turn the light on
Gm (held)
tonight there's something different, something gone wrong
Eb A#
We've been sleeping too long, so long
A#
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
A#
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
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A# F
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin'
Cm Eb
Don't you leave me or forsake me
A# F
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin'
Cm Eb
Don't you know how much I love you?
A# F
Wake up, baby, and hear the screeching
Cm Eb
whole town drifting off to dreamin'
A# F
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin'
Cm Eb
Winter's leaving, Spring has sprung in
A# F
Wake up, baby, hear the screaming
Cm Eb
Whole town dies while it's still sleeping
A# F (ritard)
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin'
Cm Eb Eb (held)
Don't forget, you know I love you.