Chords for Shawn Colvin - Steady On
Tempo:
85.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
F#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[A]
[Em] [A]
China, it's [E] broken, [A] [D] it will never [A] be the [F#] same.
Boats on [A] the ocean find their way.
[F#m] I [A] am weaving the drunkard [C#m] to [D] put [F#m] up in the air.
I am needing a [A] bunker [D] in [A] some old boy-made somewhere.
[E]
[C#m] I wanna keep [E] my head on straight, [C#m] I just need [E] not to [D] lay.
[A] [E]
Oh, [C#m] I [E] get up straight, [A] I wanna sleep, [E] [F#m] I'll steady on.
[A] [D] Steady, [A]
steady, [D] [E] steady [F#m] on.
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] I was feeling [A] so floated, [Em] [G#] a wooden smile [A] of wood.
[F#m]
Then things [D] exploded [A] like buckets in the dark.
Snowing, falling, out-slindered.
I'm off the high [F#m]-ward, it's a wear.
For the newbie, [C#m] a ruin [D] of another [A] love affair.
[E] [C#m] Does he seem like [F#m] a miracle?
He was [E] steady on.
[C#m] I ain't [E] like a serial [D] killer.
[E] [C#m] But it's something [E] like shrapnel.
Steady on.
[C#m] [A]
[D] [A] Steady, [D]
[C#m] steady, [A] [E] steady on.
[A] Oh-oh-oh [D]-oh-oh-oh.
[F#m]
[A] [C#m] [A]
[F#m] Looking [D]
in the shirt, [A] finding [E] [A] me, [D] [A] [E] like in another dream.
[C#m] Steady [E] on.
On a [F#m] South Dakota [E]
weekday, [D] [A] [E] in the middle of a hard rain.
[F#m] [E] Staying home, a slow boat or a fast [D] train
[A] [E] I'm gonna [F#m] [E]
stay, [F#m] I'm gonna keep [E] my head on straight
I'm gonna [F#m] keep [D] my head [A] on straight
[D]
Staying, [A] [D]
[E] [F#m] [E] staying,
[D] [A] [D]
[A] staying,
[D] [A] just stayin'
[D] home
[A] [D] [A] [D]
[A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[A]
[Em] [A]
China, it's [E] broken, [A] [D] it will never [A] be the [F#] same.
Boats on [A] the ocean find their way.
[F#m] I [A] am weaving the drunkard [C#m] to [D] put [F#m] up in the air.
I am needing a [A] bunker [D] in [A] some old boy-made somewhere.
[E]
[C#m] I wanna keep [E] my head on straight, [C#m] I just need [E] not to [D] lay.
[A] [E]
Oh, [C#m] I [E] get up straight, [A] I wanna sleep, [E] [F#m] I'll steady on.
[A] [D] Steady, [A]
steady, [D] [E] steady [F#m] on.
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] I was feeling [A] so floated, [Em] [G#] a wooden smile [A] of wood.
[F#m]
Then things [D] exploded [A] like buckets in the dark.
Snowing, falling, out-slindered.
I'm off the high [F#m]-ward, it's a wear.
For the newbie, [C#m] a ruin [D] of another [A] love affair.
[E] [C#m] Does he seem like [F#m] a miracle?
He was [E] steady on.
[C#m] I ain't [E] like a serial [D] killer.
[E] [C#m] But it's something [E] like shrapnel.
Steady on.
[C#m] [A]
[D] [A] Steady, [D]
[C#m] steady, [A] [E] steady on.
[A] Oh-oh-oh [D]-oh-oh-oh.
[F#m]
[A] [C#m] [A]
[F#m] Looking [D]
in the shirt, [A] finding [E] [A] me, [D] [A] [E] like in another dream.
[C#m] Steady [E] on.
On a [F#m] South Dakota [E]
weekday, [D] [A] [E] in the middle of a hard rain.
[F#m] [E] Staying home, a slow boat or a fast [D] train
[A] [E] I'm gonna [F#m] [E]
stay, [F#m] I'm gonna keep [E] my head on straight
I'm gonna [F#m] keep [D] my head [A] on straight
[D]
Staying, [A] [D]
[E] [F#m] [E] staying,
[D] [A] [D]
[A] staying,
[D] [A] just stayin'
[D] home
[A] [D] [A] [D]
[A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
F#m
C#m
A
E
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
China, _ it's [E] broken, [A] [D] it will never [A] be the [F#] same.
Boats on [A] the ocean find their way.
[F#m] I [A] am weaving the drunkard [C#m] to [D] put [F#m] up in the air.
I am needing a [A] bunker [D] in [A] some old boy-made somewhere.
[E] _
[C#m] I wanna keep [E] my head on straight, [C#m] I _ _ just need [E] not to [D] lay.
[A] _ [E] _
Oh, [C#m] I [E] get up straight, [A] I wanna sleep, [E] _ [F#m] I'll steady on. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ Steady, [A] _
steady, _ [D] _ _ _ [E] steady [F#m] _ on.
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ I was feeling [A] so floated, [Em] [G#] a wooden smile [A] of wood.
_ [F#m]
Then things [D] exploded [A] like buckets in the dark.
Snowing, falling, out-slindered.
I'm off the high [F#m]-ward, it's a wear.
For the newbie, [C#m] a ruin [D] of another [A] love affair.
[E] _ [C#m] Does he seem like [F#m] a miracle?
He was [E] steady on.
[C#m] I ain't [E] like a serial [D] killer.
[E] _ [C#m] But it's something [E] like shrapnel.
_ Steady on.
_ [C#m] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] Steady, _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C#m] steady, _ [A] _ [E] steady on.
[A] Oh-oh-oh [D]-oh-oh-oh.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _
[F#m] Looking _ [D] _ _ _ _
in the shirt, _ [A] finding _ [E] [A] me, _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [E] like in another dream.
[C#m] Steady [E] on.
On a [F#m] South Dakota [E]
weekday, [D] _ [A] _ [E] _ in the middle of a hard rain.
_ [F#m] [E] Staying home, a slow boat or a fast [D] train
[A] _ [E] _ I'm gonna [F#m] _ [E]
stay, [F#m] I'm gonna keep [E] my head on straight
I'm gonna [F#m] keep [D] my head [A] on straight
_ _ _ _ [D] _
Staying, _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] [E] staying, _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] staying, _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] just stayin' _ _
[D] _ home
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
China, _ it's [E] broken, [A] [D] it will never [A] be the [F#] same.
Boats on [A] the ocean find their way.
[F#m] I [A] am weaving the drunkard [C#m] to [D] put [F#m] up in the air.
I am needing a [A] bunker [D] in [A] some old boy-made somewhere.
[E] _
[C#m] I wanna keep [E] my head on straight, [C#m] I _ _ just need [E] not to [D] lay.
[A] _ [E] _
Oh, [C#m] I [E] get up straight, [A] I wanna sleep, [E] _ [F#m] I'll steady on. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ Steady, [A] _
steady, _ [D] _ _ _ [E] steady [F#m] _ on.
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ I was feeling [A] so floated, [Em] [G#] a wooden smile [A] of wood.
_ [F#m]
Then things [D] exploded [A] like buckets in the dark.
Snowing, falling, out-slindered.
I'm off the high [F#m]-ward, it's a wear.
For the newbie, [C#m] a ruin [D] of another [A] love affair.
[E] _ [C#m] Does he seem like [F#m] a miracle?
He was [E] steady on.
[C#m] I ain't [E] like a serial [D] killer.
[E] _ [C#m] But it's something [E] like shrapnel.
_ Steady on.
_ [C#m] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] Steady, _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C#m] steady, _ [A] _ [E] steady on.
[A] Oh-oh-oh [D]-oh-oh-oh.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _
[F#m] Looking _ [D] _ _ _ _
in the shirt, _ [A] finding _ [E] [A] me, _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [E] like in another dream.
[C#m] Steady [E] on.
On a [F#m] South Dakota [E]
weekday, [D] _ [A] _ [E] _ in the middle of a hard rain.
_ [F#m] [E] Staying home, a slow boat or a fast [D] train
[A] _ [E] _ I'm gonna [F#m] _ [E]
stay, [F#m] I'm gonna keep [E] my head on straight
I'm gonna [F#m] keep [D] my head [A] on straight
_ _ _ _ [D] _
Staying, _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] [E] staying, _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] staying, _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] just stayin' _ _
[D] _ home
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _