Gordon Lightfoot - Steel rail blues
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[Verse]
CWell I got my mail late last night
A letter from a girl who C7found the time to Fwrite
To her lonesome boy somewhere in the Cnight
She Fsent me a railroad ticket too
To take me to her loving Carms
And the big steel Amrail gonna carry me G7home to the one I Clove
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Em Am G7
[Verse]
CWell I been out here many long days
I haven't found a place that C7I could call my Fown
Not a two bit bed to lay my body Con
I Fbeen stood up I been shook down
I been dragged into the Csand
And the big steel Amrail gonna carry me G7home to the one I Clove
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Em Am G7
[Chorus]
FOoh Emooh Amooh Cyi he he
Fooh Emooh Amooh G7ooh Cooh
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[Verse]
CWell I been up tight most every night
Walking along the C7streets of this old Ftown
Not a friend around to tell my troubles Cto
My Fgood old car she done broke down
'Cause I drove it into the Cground
And the big steel Amrail gonna carry me G7home to the one I Clove
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Em Am G7
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CWell look over yonder across the plain
The big drive wheels a-C7pounding along the Fground
Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward Cbound
Now FI ain't had a home cooked meal
And Lord I need one Cnow
And the big steel Amrail gonna carry me G7home to the one I Clove
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Em Am G7
[Chorus]
FOoh Emooh Amooh Cyi he he
Fooh Emooh Amooh G7ooh Cooh
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[Verse]
CNow here I am with my head in the sand
Standing on the broad highC7way will you give a Fride
To a lonesome boy who missed the train last Cnight
I Fwent in town for one last round
And I gambled my ticket Caway
And the big steel Amrail won't carry me G7home to the one I Clove
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Em Am G7
[Chorus]
FOoh Emooh Amooh Cyi he he
Fooh Emooh Amooh G7ooh Cooh
FOoh Emooh Amooh Cyi he he
Fooh Emooh Amooh G7ooh Cooh
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[Outro]
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