Chords for Grateful Dead - Tons Of Steel (Studio Version)
Tempo:
121.1 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
F
Gm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[N]
[F]
[G] [C]
[F] I know these rails were long [Bb] and I know my lady's small.
[F] We see a dozen dreams [C] in every passing mile.
[F] Can't begin to count the trips [Bb] that she and I have made.
But I wish I had a dollar for [C] each time we've both been down this grade.
[Bb] Nine hundred thousand [C] tons of steel [F] made to roll.
[Eb] Her brakes don't work [Bb] in this grade so steep.
Her engine's sure [C] to blow.
[Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [D] out [Dm] of control.
[Gm] She's more of [Bb] a roller coaster than [C] the train I used to [Bb] know.
[F] Kids won't have an understatement.
[Bb] She says she can't get me.
[F]
She's temperamental, [C] more a bitch than a machine.
[F] She wasn't built to travel at [Bb] the speed a rumor flies.
These wheels are bound to jump the tracks [C] before they burn the tires.
[Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [F] made to roll.
[Eb] Her brakes don't work [Bb] in this grade so steep.
Her engine's sure [C] to blow.
[F] [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [Dm] out of control.
[Gbm] [Gm] She's more of a [Bb] roller coaster than the [C] train I used to know.
[F]
[Bb]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[Bbm] [Eb] [Bb]
[C]
[F] Sure I've done them self [Bb] to pick the stretch of track.
[F] I can only hope my [C] luck is riding in the back.
[F] Well I have prayed to God [Bb] this ain't the day we'll meet.
I've done about everything [C] but try dragging my feet.
[Bb] Nine hundred [Gm] thousand [C] tons of [F] steel made to roll.
[Eb] Her brakes don't work in this [Bb] grade so steep.
Her engine's sure to [C] blow.
[F] [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [Dm] out of control.
[Gm] She's more of a roller [Bb] coaster than [C] the train [Bb] I used to know.
Ooh, [C] ooh, I wanna go down [F] slow.
[Eb] Ooh, [Bb] ooh, ooh, ooh.
[C] Nine [Gm] hundred thousand [C] tons of steel [Dm]
out of control.
[Gm]
She's more [Bb] of a roller coaster than [C] the train I used to know.
[Bb] [C] [F]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[C] [Gm]
[C] [Dm]
[D] [Gm]
[Bb] [C]
[Bbm]
[Dm] [D]
[N]
[F]
[G] [C]
[F] I know these rails were long [Bb] and I know my lady's small.
[F] We see a dozen dreams [C] in every passing mile.
[F] Can't begin to count the trips [Bb] that she and I have made.
But I wish I had a dollar for [C] each time we've both been down this grade.
[Bb] Nine hundred thousand [C] tons of steel [F] made to roll.
[Eb] Her brakes don't work [Bb] in this grade so steep.
Her engine's sure [C] to blow.
[Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [D] out [Dm] of control.
[Gm] She's more of [Bb] a roller coaster than [C] the train I used to [Bb] know.
[F] Kids won't have an understatement.
[Bb] She says she can't get me.
[F]
She's temperamental, [C] more a bitch than a machine.
[F] She wasn't built to travel at [Bb] the speed a rumor flies.
These wheels are bound to jump the tracks [C] before they burn the tires.
[Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [F] made to roll.
[Eb] Her brakes don't work [Bb] in this grade so steep.
Her engine's sure [C] to blow.
[F] [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [Dm] out of control.
[Gbm] [Gm] She's more of a [Bb] roller coaster than the [C] train I used to know.
[F]
[Bb]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[Bbm] [Eb] [Bb]
[C]
[F] Sure I've done them self [Bb] to pick the stretch of track.
[F] I can only hope my [C] luck is riding in the back.
[F] Well I have prayed to God [Bb] this ain't the day we'll meet.
I've done about everything [C] but try dragging my feet.
[Bb] Nine hundred [Gm] thousand [C] tons of [F] steel made to roll.
[Eb] Her brakes don't work in this [Bb] grade so steep.
Her engine's sure to [C] blow.
[F] [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [Dm] out of control.
[Gm] She's more of a roller [Bb] coaster than [C] the train [Bb] I used to know.
Ooh, [C] ooh, I wanna go down [F] slow.
[Eb] Ooh, [Bb] ooh, ooh, ooh.
[C] Nine [Gm] hundred thousand [C] tons of steel [Dm]
out of control.
[Gm]
She's more [Bb] of a roller coaster than [C] the train I used to know.
[Bb] [C] [F]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[C] [Gm]
[C] [Dm]
[D] [Gm]
[Bb] [C]
[Bbm]
[Dm] [D]
Key:
C
Bb
F
Gm
Eb
C
Bb
F
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ I know these rails were long [Bb] and I know my lady's small.
_ _ _ [F] _ We see a dozen dreams [C] in every passing mile.
_ _ [F] _ Can't begin to count the trips _ [Bb] that she and I have made.
_ But I wish I had a dollar for [C] each time we've both been down this grade.
[Bb] Nine hundred thousand [C] tons of steel [F] _ _ made to roll.
_ _ [Eb] Her brakes don't work [Bb] in this grade so steep.
Her engine's sure [C] to blow.
_ [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [D] _ out [Dm] of control.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ She's more of [Bb] a roller coaster than [C] the train I used to [Bb] know.
_ [F] Kids won't have an understatement.
_ _ [Bb] She says she can't get me.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
She's temperamental, _ [C] more a bitch than a machine.
_ _ _ [F] She wasn't built to travel at [Bb] the speed a rumor flies.
_ _ _ _ These wheels are bound to jump the tracks [C] before they burn the tires.
_ _ [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [F] _ _ made to roll.
_ [Eb] Her brakes don't work [Bb] in this grade so steep.
Her engine's sure [C] to blow.
[F] _ [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [Dm] _ out of control.
_ _ [Gbm] _ [Gm] She's more of a [Bb] roller coaster than the [C] train I used to know.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ Sure I've done them self [Bb] to pick the stretch of track.
_ _ _ [F] _ I can only hope my [C] luck is riding in the back.
_ _ _ [F] _ Well I have prayed to God [Bb] this ain't the day we'll meet. _
_ _ _ _ I've done about everything [C] but try dragging my _ feet.
_ [Bb] Nine hundred [Gm] thousand [C] tons of [F] steel _ made to roll.
_ _ [Eb] Her brakes don't work in this [Bb] grade so steep.
Her engine's sure to [C] blow.
[F] _ [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [Dm] _ out of control. _
_ [Gm] _ She's more of a roller [Bb] coaster than [C] the train [Bb] I used to know. _
Ooh, _ [C] ooh, I wanna go down [F] slow. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] Ooh, _ [Bb] _ ooh, _ ooh, ooh.
_ _ [C] _ _ Nine [Gm] hundred thousand [C] tons of steel [Dm] _
out of _ control.
_ [Gm] _
She's more [Bb] of a roller coaster than [C] the train I used to know.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ I know these rails were long [Bb] and I know my lady's small.
_ _ _ [F] _ We see a dozen dreams [C] in every passing mile.
_ _ [F] _ Can't begin to count the trips _ [Bb] that she and I have made.
_ But I wish I had a dollar for [C] each time we've both been down this grade.
[Bb] Nine hundred thousand [C] tons of steel [F] _ _ made to roll.
_ _ [Eb] Her brakes don't work [Bb] in this grade so steep.
Her engine's sure [C] to blow.
_ [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [D] _ out [Dm] of control.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ She's more of [Bb] a roller coaster than [C] the train I used to [Bb] know.
_ [F] Kids won't have an understatement.
_ _ [Bb] She says she can't get me.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
She's temperamental, _ [C] more a bitch than a machine.
_ _ _ [F] She wasn't built to travel at [Bb] the speed a rumor flies.
_ _ _ _ These wheels are bound to jump the tracks [C] before they burn the tires.
_ _ [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [F] _ _ made to roll.
_ [Eb] Her brakes don't work [Bb] in this grade so steep.
Her engine's sure [C] to blow.
[F] _ [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [Dm] _ out of control.
_ _ [Gbm] _ [Gm] She's more of a [Bb] roller coaster than the [C] train I used to know.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ Sure I've done them self [Bb] to pick the stretch of track.
_ _ _ [F] _ I can only hope my [C] luck is riding in the back.
_ _ _ [F] _ Well I have prayed to God [Bb] this ain't the day we'll meet. _
_ _ _ _ I've done about everything [C] but try dragging my _ feet.
_ [Bb] Nine hundred [Gm] thousand [C] tons of [F] steel _ made to roll.
_ _ [Eb] Her brakes don't work in this [Bb] grade so steep.
Her engine's sure to [C] blow.
[F] _ [Bb] Nine hundred [C] thousand tons of steel [Dm] _ out of control. _
_ [Gm] _ She's more of a roller [Bb] coaster than [C] the train [Bb] I used to know. _
Ooh, _ [C] ooh, I wanna go down [F] slow. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] Ooh, _ [Bb] _ ooh, _ ooh, ooh.
_ _ [C] _ _ Nine [Gm] hundred thousand [C] tons of steel [Dm] _
out of _ control.
_ [Gm] _
She's more [Bb] of a roller coaster than [C] the train I used to know.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
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