Steel Rail Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Wel[G]l I[C] got my mail late last night
A letter from a girl who
found the time [F]to write
To her lonesome boy
somewhere in the [C]night
She [F]sent me a railroad ticket, too
To take me to her loving [C]arms
And the big steel [Am]rail
Gonna carry me home [G]to the one I [C]love
[Am][G]

[Interlude 1]
[F][Em][F][G][C][G]
[C][G]

[Verse 2]
Well I [C]been up tight [Am]most every [G]night
[C]Walking along the streets of this [F]old town
Not a friend to tell my troubles to
[C]My [F]good old car she done
broke down
'Cause I drove it into the ground
[C]And the big steel rai[Am]l gonna carry
[G]me home to the one I love
[C]

[Verse 3]
[Am]
[G]Well look over yonder acr[Dm]oss the pla[G]in
The [C]big drive wheels a-pounding
along along [F]the ground
Gonna get on board and I'll
be homeward bound
[C]Now I a[F]in't had a home
cooked meal
And Lord I need one now
[C]And the big steel rai[Am]l gonna carry
[G]me home to the one I love

[Verse 4]
Well, I been [C]out here many
[G]a long [F]days
I haven't found a place
that I could call my own
Not a two bit [Em]bed to lay my body on
I been stood [F]up I been shook
down
I bin dragged into the sand
And [G]the [C]big steel rail [G]gonna carry
[C]me home [G]to the one I love

[Verse 5]
Now [C]here I am with my
[G]head in the sand
[C]Walking on the broad highway
will you give [F]a ride
To a lonesome boy who
missed the train last [C]night
I [F]went in town for one last round
And I gambled my ticket away
[C]And the big steel rai[Am]l won't carry me [G]home to the one
I [C]love

[Outro 1]
[Am][G][F][Em][G][F][G][C][Am][G][F]
[Em][F][G][C][G]