Biography:
Fred Eaglesmith (born as Frederick Elgersma on July 9, 1957 in Caistor Centre, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. Some of his albums have been credited to Fred J. Eaglesmith. Eaglesmith was one of nine children of an immigrant family from the Dutch province Friesland and raised in rural Southern Ontario. As a teenager, he hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. He is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles
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Other songs:
- 105
- 18 Wheels
- 49 Tons
- Alcohol And Pills
- Bench Seat Baby
- Betty Oshawa
- Big Ass Garage Sale
- Careless
- Carmelita
- Caroline
- Cemetery Road
- Cigarette Machine
- Crashin And Burnin
- Cumberland County
- Dangerous
- Down The Line
- Drinking To Much
- Drinking Too Much
- Freight Train
- Hes A Good Dog
- Hows Ernie
- I Aint Ever Givin In
- I Like Trains
- I Shot Your Dog
- Indian Motorcycles
- Indiana Road
- Jericho
- Kansas
- Katie
- Last 6 Dollars
- Little Buffalo Rock
- Mighty Big Car
- Ninety
- Pretty Good Guy
- Rebecca Street
- Seven Shells
- Small Motors
- Small Town
- Spookin The Horses
- Stars
- Steel Guitar
- Summerlea
- Sunflowers
- The Rocket
- Thirty Years Of Farming
- Time To Get A Gun
- Toggle Switch
- Trucker Speed
- White Ash And Black Ash
- White Rose
- White Trash
- Your Sister Cried
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SMALL MOTORS - FRED EAGLESMITH (CAPO 4)
[Verse 1]
C
Well he bang on this, and bang on that
F C
He'd adjust the timing
C
Turn the mag and set the screw
G
Then he'd fix the idle
C
Finally he'd make 'em run
F C
As good as they were gonna be
C
And everything you knew you know
G C
He taught it all to me
[Chorus 1]
C
And he liked small motors
F C
Fly wheels on the side
C G
Single piston engines made out of cast iron
C
He liked small motors
F C
He'd start 'em one by one
C
We'd stand around and we'd listen
G C
To them little engines run
[Verse 2]
C
And he wore railroad coveralls
F C
With his name written on the chest
C
We talked Model A's and T's
G
While he rolled cigarettes
C
And we'd get lost inside our thoughts
F C
And we'd let those tanks run dry
C
And one by one those little engines
G C
Sputter and they'd die
[Chorus 2]
C
And he liked small motors
F C
Fly wheels on the side
G
Single piston engines made out of cast iron
C
He liked small motors
F C
He'd start 'em one by one
C
We'd stand around and we'd listen
G C
To them little engines run
[Verse 3]
C
Boys I know you're in your suits
F C
And you've come to say goodbye
C
And I can tell you miss him too
G
By the tears in your eyes
C
But I'm asking you a favor
F C
By a boy who's brokenhearted
C
Help me get these suckers down
G
Help me get 'em started
[Chorus 3]
C
And he liked small motors
F C
Fly wheels on the side
G
Single piston engines made out of cast iron
C
He liked small motors
F C
He'd start 'em one by one
C
We'd stand around and we'd listen
G C
To them little engines run
[Verse 1]
C
Well he bang on this, and bang on that
F C
He'd adjust the timing
C
Turn the mag and set the screw
G
Then he'd fix the idle
C
Finally he'd make 'em run
F C
As good as they were gonna be
C
And everything you knew you know
G C
He taught it all to me
[Chorus 1]
C
And he liked small motors
F C
Fly wheels on the side
C G
Single piston engines made out of cast iron
C
He liked small motors
F C
He'd start 'em one by one
C
We'd stand around and we'd listen
G C
To them little engines run
[Verse 2]
C
And he wore railroad coveralls
F C
With his name written on the chest
C
We talked Model A's and T's
G
While he rolled cigarettes
C
And we'd get lost inside our thoughts
F C
And we'd let those tanks run dry
C
And one by one those little engines
G C
Sputter and they'd die
[Chorus 2]
C
And he liked small motors
F C
Fly wheels on the side
G
Single piston engines made out of cast iron
C
He liked small motors
F C
He'd start 'em one by one
C
We'd stand around and we'd listen
G C
To them little engines run
[Verse 3]
C
Boys I know you're in your suits
F C
And you've come to say goodbye
C
And I can tell you miss him too
G
By the tears in your eyes
C
But I'm asking you a favor
F C
By a boy who's brokenhearted
C
Help me get these suckers down
G
Help me get 'em started
[Chorus 3]
C
And he liked small motors
F C
Fly wheels on the side
G
Single piston engines made out of cast iron
C
He liked small motors
F C
He'd start 'em one by one
C
We'd stand around and we'd listen
G C
To them little engines run
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