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