Engine To Turn Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays417

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.

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C
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16
Speed
  			
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 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante