Gordon Lightfoot - Steel Rail Blues Tab

Chords Used:

   C |C7 |Am |Em |G7 | F |

  
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B
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G
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D
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A
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E
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        9 11 9 11    7 6             
  
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C
Well I got my mail late last night
                         C7                F
A letter from a girl who found the time to write
                                     C
To her lonesome boy somewhere in the night
    F
She sent me a railroad ticket too
                         C
To take me to her loving arms
                  Am                  G7                C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Em   Am   G7

C
Well I been out here many long days
                             C7              F
I haven't found a place that I could call my own
                                 C
Not a two bit bed to lay my body on
  F
I been stood up I been shook down
                        C
I been dragged into the sand
                  Am                  G7                C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Em   Am   G7

F   Em  Am  C
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
F   Em  Am  G7  C
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

(Play Intro Again)
C
Well I been up tight most every night
                  C7                  F
Walking along the streets of this old town
                                        C
Not a friend around to tell my troubles to
   F
My good old car she done broke down
                           C
'Cause I drove it into the ground
                  Am                  G7                C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Em   Am   G7

C
Well look over yonder across the plain
                       C7                 F
The big drive wheels a-pounding along the ground
                                        C
Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound
    F
Now I ain't had a home cooked meal
                    C
And Lord I need one now
                  Am                  G7                C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Em   Am   G7

F   Em  Am  C
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
F   Em  Am  G7  C
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

(Play Intro Again)
C
Now here I am with my head in my hand
                          C7                  F
Standing on the broad highway will you give a ride
                                            C
To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night
  F
I went in town for one last round
                        C
And I gambled my ticket away
                  Am                  G7                C
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Em   Am   G7

F   Em  Am  C
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
F   Em  Am  G7  C
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

F   Em  Am  C
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
F   Em  Am  G7  C
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

(Play Intro Again)
    Am    C
oh, Yi he he

| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend