Engine To Turn Chords
by Tift Merritt
Engine To Turn by Tift Merritt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
st Fret
Intro: C F Am F
C F
I don't know how to fix the world
Am F
I don't know how to fix myself
C F
Seems like we both need some love
Am F
seems like we both need some help
C F
Maybe you could fix with might
Am F
Maybe you could just stare it down
C F
Seems like some tenderness
Am F
Could turn the whole thing around
C Am
I'm just trying to get the engine to turn
C Am
I'm just trying to smile through my tears
C Am
And I still got so much to learn
C Am
But the best I can, is what I got to give
F C
Gonna give it while I'm here
F
Most days I want to speed up
Am F
Seems like I ought to slow down
C F
Maybe the pieces are here
Am F
Got to take a good look around
C F
Maybe the world feels like me
Am F
Wishing someone would sing it a song
C F
About how there's a lot of good here
Am F
About how it's done nothing wrong
C Am
I'm just trying to get the engine to turn
C Am
I'm just trying to smile through my tears
C Am
And I still got so much to learn
C Am
But the best I can, is what I got to give
F C G
Gonna give it while I'm here
Bridge:
Am
Sometimes there's a choir in my head
F C
Singing at the top of their voice
F Am
Singing at the top of their voice
C G F
They sing, "Don't look back"
C G F
"Don't be scared"
C G F Am G
"Don't be scared_____"
C Am
I'm just trying to get the engine to turn
C Am
I'm just trying to smile through my tears
C Am
And I still got so much to learn
C Am
But the best I can, is what I got to give
F C
Gonna give it while I'm here