Key: E
Introduction:
G
Fare thee well old friends
D
Fare thee well we go
Em C
Burning up fuel and road
G
Oh but bet your stars
D
One day we'll return
Em D G
For revival, sin and soul
Em
Well the color of road
G
Is as black as the coal
D C
The old-timers burnt into ash
Em
And the lines laid in gold
G
Lead us all the way home
D C
We follow them as hours pass
C G D
While the diesel engine's humming like the rain...
C G D
All while the rubber tires are burning up to sing...
G
Fare thee well old friends
D
Fare thee well we go
Em C
Burning up fuel and road
G
Oh but bet your stars
D
One day we'll return
Em D G
For revival, sin and soul
Em
Heading down, heading south
G
Come south we head north
D C
To the west where the west never won
Em G
Chasing lonesome whistle bells
D C
And iron to falling suns
C G D
While the diesel engine's burning like a train...
C G D
In that old familiar Norfolk southern way...
G
Fare thee well old friends
D
Fare thee well we go
Em C
Burning up fuel and road
G
Oh but bet your stars
D
One day we'll return
Em D G
For revival, sin and soul
Em D G
For revival, sin and soul
G
So long...
D
So long...
Em
So long...
C
So long...
G
So long...
D
So long...
Em
So long...
G
Fare thee well old friends
D
Fare thee well we go
Em C
Burning up fuel and road
G
Oh but bet your stars
D
One day we'll return
Em D G C G
For revival, sin and soul
Em D G
For revival, sin and soul