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