Chords for Nine Steps Down

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_ 9 steps down on a 10 story raft, 1 part love and 2 parts pride
3 tons of steel with 4 miles to go, sinking them down in the Gulf of Mexico _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Breakdown point, on top of the tower, watch all those waves they'll be rising fast
You call to the driller, down on the shore, Erie Canyon better keep pumping that gas
No time to think of the girls and the cotton, the dresses they wear in the early springtime
[Ab] Memories here, they're all long forgotten, like 9 steps down on a 10 story raft
[Bb] 9 steps down on a 10 [Eb] story raft
_ _ _ _ _ _ Now all of the boys, thought you were beauty, but my motivation was a little less kind
Come with me, I got something to show you, out past the trees where the river runs wild
[Ab] My, oh my, but you were more than a bargain, [Eb] for one time at La Fave down
[Ab] Spending it all, my nickels and quarters, 1 part love and 2 parts [Bb] pride
1 part love and 2 [Eb] parts pride _ _ _ _
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You put the hammer on down, when Matt just may get wild
Watch your ass, from drifting off the road, once you drink them on down
File for a dollar, get them to the man with the weekly low
[Ab] The rubber on the tires, they're burning like a [Eb] matchstick
Blacklist hard on the long ride [Ab] home
Ain't no God, it's just a loud town for Sundays
With 3 tons of steel and 4 [Eb] miles to go
With [Bb] 3 tons of steel and 4 miles to go _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Waters are rousing, all around your mouth
Slacks pulling fast, but you try to keep it loose
There's a storm rolling in on [Abm] New Orleans
It's gonna [Eb] string everybody in a [Ab] hangman's noose
9 steps down on a [Eb] 10 story raft
1 part love and 2 parts [Ab] pride
3 tons of steel and 4 miles to go
Sinking them down in the Gulf of [Bb] Mexico
Sinking them down in the [Eb] Gulf of Mexico
[Bb] Sinking them down in the Gulf of [Db] Mexico
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