Fairport Convention - Iron Lion

      [Intro]
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[Verse]
                               D         G
Now I've been an engine driver all of my days
                            C
That's the only thing I can do
         G                       D              G
I hold a good head of steam everywhere that I'm seen
    C                     G
Wherever my wheels rolled through
    C                     G
Wherever my wheels rolled through

[Verse]
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Well, I was nearly shut down in a Midwest town
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Her hair was red, her eyes were blue
        G                        D          G
But the wheels on the track kept calling me back
      C              G
So, I bid that girl adieu
       C              G      D
Yes, I bid that girl adieu

[Chorus]
                             G              C
Blow whistle, steel wheels keep on humming
                                      G
Hold on darling, your engine driver's coming
            D
He's coming through

[Verse]
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Some day I'll have to give up the iron lion
                                    C
And then I'll know just what I will find
     G                          D            G
I'll find me some shack by some old railroad track
         C                G
So I can hear them motors whine
         C                G      D
So I can hear them motors whine

[Chorus]
                                      G
Blow whistle, hear them steel rails a-humming
C                                 G
Hold on darling, your engineer is coming
            D
He's coming through

[Verse]
         G                     D         G
Now I've been an engine driver all of my days
                            C
That's the only thing I can do
         G                     D              G
I hold a good head of steam anywhere that I'm seen
   C                      G
Anywhere my trains rolled through
   C                      G          D
Anywhere my trains rolled through

[Chorus]
                                     G
Blow whistle, hear that steel rail a-humming
C                                    G
Hold on girl, your engine driver's a-coming
          D
Coming to you

[Outro]
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