Further Down The Line
By Cast Iron Filter
rmofle at satx.rr.com
10/13/2004
Capo 3
D G D G Em C G D twice
DG
I got the news just last evening
DG
Matilda was taking off her shoes
EmC
Her mamma brought me a cup of coffee
GD
I was getting' old but I couldn't lose
DG
Get up at five to watch the sun rise
DG
Matilda's wearing that funny smirk
EmC
I say goodbye for the last time
GD
Grab my gun and go to work
Chorus:
CG
Forty years on the machine line
DG
You got yours, I got what's mine
CG
And mister, won't you tell me why
EmD
you set me free
CG
Oh, Matilda grab the keys and wine
AmC/BC
And meet me further down the line
GEmD
In Paducah or the hills of Bowling Green
Drive to the corner of 1st and Crescent
Park my car in the boss' spot
Seems my cut was always less than
What he done and what he got
Go to his office and kick the door in
Stuff like that don't matter now
I say, ??Dyin' ain't much of a livin'
And it don't pay much anyhow
Chorus
Solo
Now it's RPM's and bourbon
Took Charlie's car and hit the road
And now I'm runnin' with the shadows
And the ghost of old Tom Joad
Well, they caught me five miles from Springfield
The authorities, they took me down
And though the DA says he's gonna kill me
I think I'm quite alright for now
Chorus