Chords for Gordon Lightfoot- Steel Rail Blues
Tempo:
123.35 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
A#m
A#
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#]
[Fm] [A#m]
[G#] [C#]
[F#] [Fm]
[A#m] [C#]
[Fm] [A#]
[C#]
Well I got my mail late last night A letter from a girl who found the time [F#] to
write To her lonesome boy somewhere [C#] else in the
night [F#] She sent me a railroad ticket too
To [D#] take me to [C#] her loving arms And the [A#m] big steel [D#] rail's gonna carry me home
to the one I [A#] love
[G#] [A#m]
[G#] [C#] Well I've been out here many long days
I haven't found a place that I could [F#] call my own
Not a two-bed bed to lay [C#] my body on [D#m] I've been stood up, I've been shook down
I've been dragged into [C#] the sand And the big [A#m] steel [A#] rail's gonna carry me home
to the one I love
[F#]
[Fm] [A#m] [C#]
[F#]
[F] [C#]
Well I've been uptight most every night Walking around the streets of [F#] this old town
Not a friend around to [D#m] tell [C#] my troubles to [F#] My good old car she done broke down
Cause I drove it [A#] into [C#] the ground And the [A#m] big steel rail's gonna carry [G#] me home
to the one I love In [C#]
a look of yonder across the plain
The big drive wheels are pounding [F#] along the ground
Gonna get on board and I'll be [C#] homeward bound [F#] I ain't had a home-cooked [D#m] meal, the Lord will
[C#] need one now And the [A#m] big steel rail's [A#] gonna carry me home
to the one I love
[F#] [Fm]
[A#m] [C#]
[F#] [A#]
[C#]
Well here I am with my hat in my hand Standing on the broad highway, ready to give
[F#] a ride To a lonesome boy who missed the [C#] train last
night [F#] I went in town for one last round and I
gambled my [C#] ticket away And the [A#m] big steel rail [D#] won't carry me home
to [A#] the one I love
[F#] [Fm]
[A#m] [C#]
[F#]
[Cm] [D#] [C#]
[F#]
[Fm] [A#m] [C#]
[F#]
[Fm] [A#] [C#]
[A#]
[Fm] [A#m]
[G#] [C#]
[F#] [Fm]
[A#m] [C#]
[Fm] [A#]
[C#]
Well I got my mail late last night A letter from a girl who found the time [F#] to
write To her lonesome boy somewhere [C#] else in the
night [F#] She sent me a railroad ticket too
To [D#] take me to [C#] her loving arms And the [A#m] big steel [D#] rail's gonna carry me home
to the one I [A#] love
[G#] [A#m]
[G#] [C#] Well I've been out here many long days
I haven't found a place that I could [F#] call my own
Not a two-bed bed to lay [C#] my body on [D#m] I've been stood up, I've been shook down
I've been dragged into [C#] the sand And the big [A#m] steel [A#] rail's gonna carry me home
to the one I love
[F#]
[Fm] [A#m] [C#]
[F#]
[F] [C#]
Well I've been uptight most every night Walking around the streets of [F#] this old town
Not a friend around to [D#m] tell [C#] my troubles to [F#] My good old car she done broke down
Cause I drove it [A#] into [C#] the ground And the [A#m] big steel rail's gonna carry [G#] me home
to the one I love In [C#]
a look of yonder across the plain
The big drive wheels are pounding [F#] along the ground
Gonna get on board and I'll be [C#] homeward bound [F#] I ain't had a home-cooked [D#m] meal, the Lord will
[C#] need one now And the [A#m] big steel rail's [A#] gonna carry me home
to the one I love
[F#] [Fm]
[A#m] [C#]
[F#] [A#]
[C#]
Well here I am with my hat in my hand Standing on the broad highway, ready to give
[F#] a ride To a lonesome boy who missed the [C#] train last
night [F#] I went in town for one last round and I
gambled my [C#] ticket away And the [A#m] big steel rail [D#] won't carry me home
to [A#] the one I love
[F#] [Fm]
[A#m] [C#]
[F#]
[Cm] [D#] [C#]
[F#]
[Fm] [A#m] [C#]
[F#]
[Fm] [A#] [C#]
[A#]
Key:
C#
F#
A#m
A#
Fm
C#
F#
A#m
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[G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
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[A#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [A#] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well _ I got my mail late last night A letter from a girl who found the time [F#] to
write To her lonesome boy somewhere [C#] else in the
night [F#] She sent me a railroad ticket too
To [D#] take me to [C#] her loving arms And the [A#m] big steel [D#] rail's gonna carry me home
to the one I [A#] love _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [A#m] _
[G#] [C#] Well I've been out here many long days
I haven't found a place that I could [F#] call my own
Not a two-bed bed to lay [C#] my body on [D#m] I've been stood up, I've been shook down
I've been dragged into [C#] the sand And the big [A#m] steel [A#] rail's gonna carry me home
to the one I love
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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_ _ Well I've been uptight most every night Walking around the streets of [F#] this old town
Not a friend around to [D#m] tell [C#] my troubles to [F#] My good old car she done broke down
Cause I drove it [A#] into [C#] the ground And the [A#m] big steel rail's gonna carry [G#] me home
to the one I love _ In _ [C#]
a look of yonder across the plain
The big drive wheels are pounding [F#] along the ground
Gonna get on board and I'll be [C#] homeward bound [F#] I ain't had a home-cooked [D#m] meal, the Lord will
[C#] need one now And the [A#m] big steel rail's [A#] gonna carry me home
to the one I love _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A#] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Well here I am with my hat in my hand Standing on the broad highway, ready to give
[F#] a ride To a lonesome boy who missed the [C#] train last
night [F#] I went in town for one last round and I
gambled my [C#] ticket away And the [A#m] big steel rail [D#] won't carry me home
to [A#] the one I love _
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[Cm] _ [D#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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[Fm] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _
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[G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [A#] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well _ I got my mail late last night A letter from a girl who found the time [F#] to
write To her lonesome boy somewhere [C#] else in the
night [F#] She sent me a railroad ticket too
To [D#] take me to [C#] her loving arms And the [A#m] big steel [D#] rail's gonna carry me home
to the one I [A#] love _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [A#m] _
[G#] [C#] Well I've been out here many long days
I haven't found a place that I could [F#] call my own
Not a two-bed bed to lay [C#] my body on [D#m] I've been stood up, I've been shook down
I've been dragged into [C#] the sand And the big [A#m] steel [A#] rail's gonna carry me home
to the one I love
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well I've been uptight most every night Walking around the streets of [F#] this old town
Not a friend around to [D#m] tell [C#] my troubles to [F#] My good old car she done broke down
Cause I drove it [A#] into [C#] the ground And the [A#m] big steel rail's gonna carry [G#] me home
to the one I love _ In _ [C#]
a look of yonder across the plain
The big drive wheels are pounding [F#] along the ground
Gonna get on board and I'll be [C#] homeward bound [F#] I ain't had a home-cooked [D#m] meal, the Lord will
[C#] need one now And the [A#m] big steel rail's [A#] gonna carry me home
to the one I love _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A#] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Well here I am with my hat in my hand Standing on the broad highway, ready to give
[F#] a ride To a lonesome boy who missed the [C#] train last
night [F#] I went in town for one last round and I
gambled my [C#] ticket away And the [A#m] big steel rail [D#] won't carry me home
to [A#] the one I love _
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_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ [C#] _
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[Cm] _ [D#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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[Fm] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _
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[Fm] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [C#] _
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