COE

D                             D
Now Big Henry had a factory
F                       G
‘Longside River Rouge
D                             D
Pumpin’ out trucks, strictly Country
F                             A7
As the red, white and blue

C                               C
And my Uncle was a trucker
F                                       G
Workin’ here and there and far
C                               C
One day cruised to a dealer
F                  G        A7
Cos Auntie needed car

(In a sea of slammers ‘round back)
But while kickin’ tires around back
He stopped, looked up to see
An instant love attack
From a Big Henry COE

Now Unkie and his new rig
Became like a man and wife
Hauling loads both small and real big
Til the end of his long life.

So when his time was over
COE went out to seed
In a field of four-leaf clover
And Northern prairie weed

And it waited on them great plains
For its new time in the sun
Through years of snow and spring rains
For a man to make it run

Now Henry COE ‘s mine
And got some plans in store
Gonna drop in big round engine
From planes of Second War

And I’ll do my own flying
Just closer to the ground
All perty girls be sighing
When they its monster sound

In that big COE you ride
Far above door slammer fray
And You can see all country wide
With nothin in your way

And when my time is over
COE will still run strong
No more fields of clover
But a big safe dark dry barn

Now this tale is almost over
One secret I confess
What does COE stand for
Leave that for you to guess

REFRAIN

     D7                     

     My baby’s calling me
      G7

     Climb in that COE
      Em

     Highball cross county line
      F                            A7

     Make her place, in record time

     D7          

     With me she’ll ride shotgun*
     G7

     She is the only one
      EM

     Dig more than my sweet ride
     F                              A7

    If she’s good, might let her drive

(*I want her riding ‘gun) 

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