Steel Rail Blues Chords by George Hamilton Iv

[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] Well, I got my mail, late last night.
A letter from a gal who found the time to [F] write.
You were lonesome, boy.
[C] Somewhere's in the night.
She [F] sent me a railroad ticket, too.
To take me to her [C] loving arms,
and the [Am] big steel rail is going to [G] carry me home to the [C] one I [G] love.
_ _ [F]
Ooh, [Em] _ _ [Am] ooh, [C] oohooo, _
_ [F] [Em] ooh.
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well I've been uptight most of the night, walking around the streets of this [F] old town.
Not a friend around to tell my [C] troubles to.
[F] My good old car, she done broke down cause I drove up to [C] the ground.
And the big [Am] steel rail [G] gonna carry me home to the one I love.
_ [C] Well I look over yonder across that plain, the big drive wheels are pounding along [F] the ground.
Gonna get on board and I'll be [C] homeward bound.
[F] Now I ain't had a home cooked meal in a long I need [C] one now.
And the big [Am] steel rail [G] gonna carry me home to the one I love.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Em]
Ooooooh.
[Am] Ooooooh.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] Ooooooh.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well here I am with my hat in my hand, standing on the broad highway.
Would you [F] give a ride to a lonesome boy who missed the [C] train last night.
[F] I went in town for one, I gambled my [C] ticket away.
And the [Am] big steel rail will [G] carry me home to the one I love.
[Am] _ [G] _ [Fm] _ [Em] Ooooooh.
_ [Am] _
[C] Ooooooh.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
Ooooooh.
[C] _ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] [C] Ooooooh. Ooooooh. _ _ _
_ [A] _ [G] Ooooooh.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _