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