• Song:

    Boxcar

  • Artist:

    Shovels And Rope

Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent.

The first person to tab this got it almost completely correct but they left out a 
few chords (said they were new to guitar but they did a great job). Hope this sounds right.

Standard tuning, no capo. Harp in C.

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)        CAint (x32010@1)it just like you and me to go down like that?
 C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)         CBleeding (x32010@1)out in a boxcar shot in the back.
 C (x32010@1)                            GWe (320003@1)were all that luck(?) all that time
F (133211@1)                           CLord (x32010@1)was waiting for us at the end of the line.                     
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)                  F (133211@1)      CAny (x32010@1)minute now we knew we were going to have to decide.

F (133211@1)                            
Take a fat chance come out gunning.
C (x32010@1)              Em (022000@1)                F (133211@1)       
Get out now and try to keep running down south.
 
               C (x32010@1)            GTil (320003@1)she said hey hey cut the rope
  F (133211@1)                         CNo (x32010@1) way we're gonna let them get us both
  C (x32010@1)                                  GDon't (320003@1)stop running til we reach that coast
  F (133211@1)                            CLet (x32010@1)your pretty momma go up in smoke

C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)       CComing (x32010@1)out of the harbor it was simple and new
  C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)             CClean (x32010@1)as clear water we could see straight through.
  C (x32010@1)                                 GBut (320003@1)in that old dust bowl when the money got low
         F (133211@1)                       Cit (x32010@1)was all we could do to keep a nail in the floor
   C (x32010@1)                GShowed (320003@1)on her face, tell by the lines
               F (133211@1)      CThese (x32010@1)were desperate times

F (133211@1)         
Pistol strapped and her hair was dyed
    C (x32010@1)                   EmGonna (022000@1)make her money like Bonnie and Clyde
  FWell (133211@1)be alright

C (x32010@1)            GAnd (320003@1)she said hey hey cut the rope
  F (133211@1)                        CNo (x32010@1) way were gonna let them get us both
  C (x32010@1)                                 GDont (320003@1)stop running til we reach that coast
  F (133211@1)                            CLet (x32010@1)your pretty momma go up in smoke

FDont (133211@1)let the sorry weather get you down
   C (x32010@1)                            EmChange (022000@1)your last name, try your luck around
  FAnd (133211@1)if they ever come to ask about me
  C (x32010@1)                             EmTell (022000@1)them that you knew me and you kind of liked me
 FI (133211@1)ain't afraid to go it on my own
 C (x32010@1)                            EmYou (022000@1)can make a run and make it all alone
  FYoull (133211@1)be all right

FEnd (133211@1)of the line the engines still burning
  C (x32010@1)                 Em (022000@1)                     FJust (133211@1)like the wheels, the hands keep turning round and round
 FTil (133211@1)time ran out

C (x32010@1)             GAnd (320003@1)she said hey hey cut the rope
  F (133211@1)                        CNo (x32010@1) way were gonna let them get us both
  C (x32010@1)                                 GDont (320003@1)stop running til we reach that coast
  F (133211@1)                            CLet (x32010@1)your pretty momma go up in smoke (X2)
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