Steel Rail Blues Gordon Lightfoot
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STEEL RAIL BLUES - Gordon Lightfoot
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Tabbed by: sawyerj6
Email: azreal9110@sbcglobal.net
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st Fret
Chords Used:
C |C7 |Am |Em |G7 | F |
e:-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-1-|-1-| B:-1-|-1-|-1-|-0-|-0-|-1-| G:-0-|-3-|-2-|-1-|-0-|-2-| D:-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-3-| A:-3-|-3-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-x-| E:-x-|-x-|-x-|-0-|-3-|-x-|
Intro (not relative to capo)
e|---9~~~~-----------------------------| B|--------9-11-9-11----7-6-------------| G|-------------------------8-6---------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------|
[C]Well I got my mail late last night
A letter from a girl who [C7]found the time to [F]write
To her lonesome boy somewhere in the [C]night
She [F]sent me a railroad ticket too
To take me to her loving [C]arms
And the big steel [Am]rail gonna carry me [G7]home to the one I [C]love
[Em] [Am] [G7]
[C]Well I been out here many long days
I haven't found a place that [C7]I could call my [F]own
Not a two bit bed to lay my body [C]on
I [F]been stood up I been shook down
I been dragged into the [C]sand
And the big steel [Am]rail gonna carry me [G7]home to the one I [C]love
[Em] [Am] [G7]
[F]Ooh [Em]ooh [Am]ooh [C]yi he he
[F]ooh [Em]ooh [Am]ooh [G7]ooh [C]ooh
(Play Intro Again)
[C]Well I been up tight most every night
Walking along the [C7]streets of this old [F]town
Not a friend around to tell my troubles [C]to
My [F]good old car she done broke down
'Cause I drove it into the [C]ground
And the big steel [Am]rail gonna carry me [G7]home to the one I [C]love
[Em] [Am] [G7]
[C]Well look over yonder across the plain
The big drive wheels a-[C7]pounding along the [F]ground
Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward [C]bound
Now [F]I ain't had a home cooked meal
And Lord I need one [C]now
And the big steel [Am]rail gonna carry me [G7]home to the one I [C]love
[Em] [Am] [G7]
[F]Ooh [Em]ooh [Am]ooh [C]yi he he
[F]ooh [Em]ooh [Am]ooh [G7]ooh [C]ooh
(Play Intro Again)
[C]Now here I am with my head in my hand
Standing on the broad high[C7]way will you give a [F]ride
To a lonesome boy who missed the train last [C]night
I [F]went in town for one last round
And I gambled my ticket [C]away
And the big steel [Am]rail gonna carry me [G7]home to the one I [C]love
[Em] [Am] [G7]
[F]Ooh [Em]ooh [Am]ooh [C]yi he he
[F]ooh [Em]ooh [Am]ooh [G7]ooh [C]ooh
[F]Ooh [Em]ooh [Am]ooh [C]yi he he
[F]ooh [Em]ooh [Am]ooh [G7]ooh [C]ooh
(Play Intro Again)
oh, [Am]Yi he [C]he
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| / 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
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