Engine Chords
Engine by Neutral Milk Hotel is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, A and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G - A - C - G
G A C G
for i am an engine and i'm rolling on
G A C G
the world is all bending and breaking from me
G A C G
the sweetness alone who flew out through the window
G A C C G
and landed back home in a ga-a-a garden of green
A - C - G - G - A - C - G
G A C G
(and) you're riding alone in the back of a steamer
G A C G
and steaming yourself in the warm shower spray
G A C G
and water rolls on off the round captain's balley
G A C C G
who's talking to tigers from his cafeteria tray
A - C - G - G - A - C - G
G A C G
and sweet babies cry for the cool taste of milking
G A C G
that milky delight that invited us all
G A C G
and if there's a taste in this life more inviting
G A C C G
then wake up your windows and watch as the sweet babies crawl
A C C
away