Boxcar
Shovels And RopeVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Aint it just like you and me to go down like that?
Bleeding out in a boxcar shot in the back.
We were all that luck(?) all that time
Lord was waiting for us at the end of the line.
Any minute now we knew we were going to have to decide.
Take a fat chance come out gunning.
Get out now and try to keep running down south.
Til she said hey hey cut the rope
No way were gonna let them get us both
Dont stop running til we reach that coast
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke
Coming out of the harbor it was simple and new
Clean as clear water we could see straight through.
But in that old dust bowl when the money got low
it was all we could do to keep a nail in the floor
Showed on her face, tell by the lines
These were desperate times
Pistol strapped and her hair was dyed
Gonna make her money like Bonnie and Clyde
Well be alright
And she said hey hey cut the rope
No way were gonna let them get us both
Dont stop running til we reach that coast
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke
Dont let the sorry weather get you down
Change your last name, try your luck around
And if they ever come to ask about me
Tell them that you knew me and you kind of liked me
I aint afraid to go it on my own
You can make a run and make it all alone
Youll be all right
End of the line the engines still burning
Just like the wheels, the hands keep turning round and round
Til time ran out
And she said hey hey cut the rope
No way were gonna let them get us both
Dont stop running til we reach that coast
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke (X2)
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Readable chord sheet for Boxcar by Shovels And Rope
A[C]int it just like y[G]ou and me to go d[F]own like th[C]at? B[C]leeding out in a[G] boxcar s[F]hot in the b[C]ack. W[C]e were all that luck(?) all tha[G]t time [F]Lord was waiting for us at the[C] end of the line. [C]Any minute now we kn[G]ew we were going to h[F]ave to de[C]cide. [F]Take a fat chance come out gunning. [C]Get out now and t[Em]ry to keep running d[F]own south. Til she said he[C]y hey cut the r[G]ope No[F] way were gonna let them g[C]et us both Do[C]nt stop running til we reach that co[G]ast Le[F]t your pretty momma go up in sm[C]oke Co[C]ming out of the h[G]arbor it was si[F]mple and n[C]ew Cl[C]ean as cle[G]ar water we could s[F]ee straight thro[C]ugh. Bu[C]t in that old dust bowl when the mon[G]ey got low it was al[F]l we could do to keep a na[C]il in the floor Sho[C]wed on her face, te[G]ll by the lines These were desp[F]erate tim[C]es Pist[F]ol strapped and her hair was dyed Gonn[C]a make her money like [Em]Bonnie and Clyde We[F]ll be alright And she said he[C]y hey cut the r[G]ope No[F] way were gonna let them g[C]et us both Do[C]nt stop running til we reach that co[G]ast Le[F]t your pretty momma go up in sm[C]oke Don[F]t let the sorry weather get you down Cha[C]nge your last name, try your lu[Em]ck around An[F]d if they ever come to ask about me Te[C]ll them that you knew me and you[Em] kind of liked me I[F] aint afraid to go it on my own Y[C]ou can make a run and make it a[Em]ll alone Yo[F]ull be all right En[F]d of the line the engines still burning Ju[C]st like the wheels, [Em]the hands keep turning ro[F]und and round T[F]il time ran out And she said h[C]ey hey cut the r[G]ope No[F] way were gonna let them g[C]et us both Do[C]nt stop running til we reach that co[G]ast Le[F]t your pretty momma go up in sm[C]oke (X2)