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 G F C
Aint it just like you and me to go down like that?
C G F C
Bleeding out in a boxcar shot in the back.
C G
We were all that luck(?) all that time
F C
Lord was waiting for us at the end of the line.
C G F C
Any minute now we knew we were going to have to decide.
F
Take a fat chance come out gunning.
C Em F
Get out now and try to keep running down south.
C G
Til she said hey hey cut the rope
F C
No way we’re gonna let them get us both
C G
Don’t stop running til we reach that coast
F C
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/shovels_and_rope/boxcar_crd_ver_3.html ]
C G F C
Coming out of the harbor it was simple and new
C G F C
Clean as clear water we could see straight through.
C G
But in that old dust bowl when the money got low
F C
it was all we could do to keep a nail in the floor
C G
Showed on her face, tell by the lines
F C
These were desperate times
F
Pistol strapped and her hair was dyed
C Em
Gonna make her money like Bonnie and Clyde
F
Well be alright
C G
And she said hey hey cut the rope
F C
No way were gonna let them get us both
C G
Dont stop running til we reach that coast
F C
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke
F
Dont let the sorry weather get you down
C Em
Change your last name, try your luck around
F
And if they ever come to ask about me
C Em
Tell them that you knew me and you kind of liked me
F
I ain’t afraid to go it on my own
C Em
You can make a run and make it all alone
F
Youll be all right
F
End of the line the engines still burning
C Em F
Just like the wheels, the hands keep turning round and round
F
Til time ran out
C G
And she said hey hey cut the rope
F C
No way were gonna let them get us both
C G
Dont stop running til we reach that coast
F C
Let your pretty momma go up in smoke (X2)
