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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The Rocket by Fred Eaglesmith
[Verse]
G C
Son, could you help me on this platform
D G
I'm not so good at climbing stairs
C
I brought me a drink and some sandwiches
D G
I wanted to just sit and watch the trains
[Verse]
G C
I come down here almost every Sunday
D G
My grandkids they used to come too
C
Now they drop me off at the front gate
D G
I guess that they've got better things to do
[Chorus]
G C
No. 47, she's a good one
D G
No. 63 sings like a bird
C
No. 29, that's the one they call 'The Rocket'
D G
Hey that's the saddest train I ever heard
[Verse]
G C
Son, I'm a decorated veteran
D G
I fought in what they called 'The Great War'
G C
I used to believe in everything it stood for
D G
I don't believe in much anymore
[Chorus]
G C
No. 47, she's a good one
D G
No. 63 sings like a bird
C
No. 29, that's the one they call 'The Rocket'
D G
Hey that's the saddest train I ever heard
[Break]
G C
D G
C
D G
[Verse]
G C
Son, you look just like my boy
D G
He stood here almost 40 years today
C
He looked so good in that brand new soldier's uniform
D G
But that Rocket never brought him back again
[Chorus]
G C
No. 47, she's a good one
D G
No. 63 sings like a bird
C
No. 29, that's the one they call 'The Rocket'
D G
Hey that's the saddest train I ever heard
C
No. 29, that's the one they call 'The Rocket'
D G
Hey that's the saddest train I ever heard
[Verse]
G C
Son, could you help me on this platform
D G
I'm not so good at climbing stairs
C
I brought me a drink and some sandwiches
D G
I wanted to just sit and watch the trains
[Verse]
G C
I come down here almost every Sunday
D G
My grandkids they used to come too
C
Now they drop me off at the front gate
D G
I guess that they've got better things to do
[Chorus]
G C
No. 47, she's a good one
D G
No. 63 sings like a bird
C
No. 29, that's the one they call 'The Rocket'
D G
Hey that's the saddest train I ever heard
[Verse]
G C
Son, I'm a decorated veteran
D G
I fought in what they called 'The Great War'
G C
I used to believe in everything it stood for
D G
I don't believe in much anymore
[Chorus]
G C
No. 47, she's a good one
D G
No. 63 sings like a bird
C
No. 29, that's the one they call 'The Rocket'
D G
Hey that's the saddest train I ever heard
[Break]
G C
D G
C
D G
[Verse]
G C
Son, you look just like my boy
D G
He stood here almost 40 years today
C
He looked so good in that brand new soldier's uniform
D G
But that Rocket never brought him back again
[Chorus]
G C
No. 47, she's a good one
D G
No. 63 sings like a bird
C
No. 29, that's the one they call 'The Rocket'
D G
Hey that's the saddest train I ever heard
C
No. 29, that's the one they call 'The Rocket'
D G
Hey that's the saddest train I ever heard
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