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[Verse 1]

^AmI can feel your arms around me like it was yester^Cday I can ^Gfeel your breathin' next to me, and hear your laughter ^Amgay

You tried to tell me what was right and I told you what was real

^GAll I ever live for now is this piece of wood and ^Amsteel [Verse 2] ^AmIn a world that's full of trouble, a world that's full of^C pain,lord ^GMany fall beside the road, and they never rise ^Amagain.

Many more are bended low or broken at their will

^GAll I need to carry on is this piece of wood and^Am steel [Verse 3] ^BmI was born my mother's only son she loves me all she ^Dcan, but there ^Aisnt much to say to her since I became a ^Bmman

I often met the devil, but I never made a deal

I just ^Athank the lord for hands to play this piece of wood and ^Bmsteel [Verse 4] ^CmIt's face is scarred and beaten,like the ragged clothes I ^D#wear Like the ^A#body that god gave me, I might give it better ^Cmcare

But I play it for the ladies and I play it for a meal

I ^A#play the strings just to hear 'em ring on this piece of wood and ^Cmsteel. [Verse 5] ^DmI'm growin' tired of searchin' now there's nothing more I^F crave ^CGive or take a little time and you can write it on my ^Cmgrave

There's nothin' more that I care to own, nothin' left to feel

^CAll I ever wanted was this piece of wood and ^Cmsteel Play that guitar

Dm Repeat Verses 1, 2 and 3 all in Dm

David Allan Coe - Piece of wood and steel