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STEEL RAIL BLUES - Gordon Lightfoot
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Email: azreal9110@sbcglobal.net
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st Fret
Chords Used:
C |C7 |Am |Em |G7 | F |
e:-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-1-|-1-|
B:-1-|-1-|-1-|-0-|-0-|-1-|
G:-0-|-3-|-2-|-1-|-0-|-2-|
D:-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-3-|
A:-3-|-3-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-x-|
E:-x-|-x-|-x-|-0-|-3-|-x-|
Intro (not relative to capo)
e|---9~~~~-----------------------------|
B|--------9-11-9-11----7-6-------------|
G|-------------------------8-6---------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
C
Well I got my mail late last night
C7F
A letter from a girl who found the time to write
C
To her lonesome boy somewhere in the night
F
She sent me a railroad ticket too
C
To take me to her loving arms
AmG7C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
EAG7C
Well I been out here many long days
C7F
I haven't found a place that I could call my own
C
Not a two bit bed to lay my body on
F
I been stood up I been shook down
C
I been dragged into the sand
AmG7C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
EAG7FEmAmC
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
FEmAmG7C
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Play Intro Again)
C
Well I been up tight most every night
C7F
Walking along the streets of this old town
C
Not a friend around to tell my troubles to
F
My good old car she done broke down
C
'Cause I drove it into the ground
AmG7C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
EAG7C
Well look over yonder across the plain
C7F
The big drive wheels a-pounding along the ground
C
Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound
F
Now I ain't had a home cooked meal
C
And Lord I need one now
AmG7C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
EAG7FEmAmC
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
FEmAmG7C
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Play Intro Again)
C
Now here I am with my head in my hand
C7F
Standing on the broad highway will you give a ride
C
To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night
F
I went in town for one last round
C
And I gambled my ticket away
AmG7C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
EAG7FEmAmC
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
FEmAmG7C
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
FEmAmC
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
FEmAmG7C
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Play Intro Again)
AmC
oh, Yi he he
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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