Graniteville
by Doug Burr (
Gb - C# - G#m - Cb
Gb
Just a boxcar flower used to follow your daddy
D#m
another fader-in from Cincinatti
Cb Gb
You were always watching, watching the trains roll by
Gb
Yeah, you know I love you, everything you carry
D#m
Another redeye, Mobile, Albany
Cb Gb
You were always watching, watching the train roll by
Gb
So, tell me, what's going on in Graniteville
C#
Catch a whole town underneath a sleeping pill
G#m
It's a quiet little city that grew up together
Cb
with your picture looking out your grandmother's window
Gb
There's a black train rolling through the middle of the night
C#
Finds us here, well there's nowhere to hide
G#m
If we ever wake up in Graniteville
Cb
Oh, you know how much I love you and I always will
Gb - C# - G#m - Cb
Gb
Trying so hard just to get away
D#m
some people want to die in a quiet place
Cb Gb
where everybody's always watching, watching the trains roll by
Gb
Yeah, you have a place to go when it's never enough
D#m
Little hard to pay the toll, train's in a rush
Cb Gb
out of town, it's always leaving, waving the girl goodbye, goodbye
C#
Yeah, but every town is small when it comes to you
D#m
Just like everyone's asleep when it's passing through
Cb Gb
All night I heard the scream of a million tongues
Gb (held)
So wake up, pretty baby, turn the light on
D#m (held)
tonight there's something different, something gone wrong
Cb Gb
We've been sleeping too long, so long
Gb
So, tell me, what's going on in Graniteville
C#
Catch a whole town underneath a sleeping pill
G#m
It's a quiet little city that grew up together
Cb
with your picture looking out your grandmother's window
Gb
There's a black train rolling through the middle of the night
C#
Finds us here, well there's nowhere to hide
G#m
If we ever wake up in Graniteville
Cb
Oh, you know how much I love you and I always will
Gb - C# - G#m - Cb
Gb C#
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin'
G#m Cb
Don't you leave me or forsake me
Gb C#
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin'
G#m Cb
Don't you know how much I love you?
Gb C#
Wake up, baby, and hear the screeching
G#m Cb
whole town drifting off to dreamin'
Gb C#
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin'
G#m Cb
Winter's leaving, Spring has sprung in
Gb C#
Wake up, baby, hear the screaming
G#m Cb
Whole town dies while it's still sleeping
Gb C# (ritard)
Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin'
G#m Cb Cb (held)
Don't forget, you know I love you.