Tift Merritt Guitar Chords & Lyrics: "Engine To Turn"

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ENGINE TO TURN (Tift Merritt)
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* Actually in C#; capo 6.
* Each chord is one measure, except chords joined with hyphens
  (e.g., G - D) are one measure TOTAL.
* Tift plays most of the C chords with an open D string toward the end
  of the measure, making it C(9).  And she probably plays Em, not Em7 --
  but the overall sound, with the other instruments, is Em7.

G   C   Em7   C
[intro]

  G                          C       Em7                     C
I don't know how to fix the world, I don't know how to fix myse-elf
    G                           C         Em7                         C
It seems like we both need some love, it seems like we both need some he-elp
  G                         C       Em7                     C
Maybe you could fix it with might, maybe you could stare it dow-own
  G                    C     Em7                       C       C
Seems like some tenderness could turn the whole thing arou-ou-ound

            G                        Em                G                       Em
I'm just trying to get the engine to turn, I'm just trying to smile through my tears
         G                    Em                   G                    Em
Then I still got so much to learn, but the best I can is what I got to give
             C            G
Gonna give while I'm here

 G                      C     Em7                       C
Most days I wanna speed up, seems like I ought to slow dow-own
 G                 C          Em7                    C
Maybe the pieces are here, I just took a good look arou-ound
 G                     C               Em7                      C
Maybe the world feels like me, wishing someone would sing it a so-ong
  G                             C      Em7                        C      C
'Bout how there's a lot of good here, about how it's done nothing wro-o-ong

            G                        Em               G                         Em
I'm just trying to get the engine to turn, I'm just trying to smile through my tears
         G                   Em                    G                    Em
Then I still got so much to learn, but the best I can is what I got to give
             C            G
Gonna give while I'm here

D                       Em               C                          G
  Sometimes there's a choir in my head, singing at the top of their voice
 C                            Em              G  -  D    C     G  -  D  C
Singing at the top of their voice, they sing "don't look back, don't be scared"
 G  -  D  C       Em    D
"Don't be scared"

            G                        Em               G                         Em
I'm just trying to get the engine to turn, I'm just trying to smile through my tears
         G                   Em                    G                    Em
Then I still got so much to learn, but the best I can is what I got to give
             C            G.
Gonna give while I'm here



- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/

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