Mason Jennings - Empire Builder Chords

[Intro]  x2
 
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G              Am              D7                         G     (Climbdown low E)
All day every day, I swing the hammer to the metal on the northern  railway.
Em                        Am
Always a movie playing in my head.
D7                            G
A million movies starring and you me
 
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G         Am
Moonshine every night
       D7                            G                (Climb down low E)
Eating supper by the fire out in the clear moonlight
Em              Am
Ankles crossed, hands behind my head
        D7                                  G
Telling stories, singing songs about the west
 
B             Em
I'm always, thinking of you
B                     Em
Staring off down the railroad line
B               Em
One sweet day, I will see you
B                C
But I swing the hammer until
B           C       D          G
The Empire Builder brings me home
 
[Interlude] x2
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G              Am              D7                         G     (Climbdown low E)
Two months, and two hard weeks, sometimes days go by when nobody speaks
 
Em                        Am
From Illinois, to Washington
 
D7                                     G
There ain't nothing but the hammer to the rail
 
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G         Am
One day when this track runs through
       D7                            G                (Climb down low E)
I'm gonna buy a new suit and come lookin for you
Em              Am
Carefree, you and me
        D7                                  G
We'll take the Empire Builder to the sea
 
B             Em
I'm always, thinking of you
B                     Em
Staring off down the railroad line
B               Em
One sweet day, I will see you
B                C
But I swing the hammer until
B           C       D          G
The Empire Builder brings me home
 
[Outro]
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[Outro]
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