Sam Baker - Iron

Well it's ^Giron that he hangs, He loves his work He drives hours ea^C9ch day, He's never been hurt Got a bac^Gk of steel Got burn^Ds on the sleeves of his shirt

He dri^Gnks too much when stuff gets heavy He can'^C9t think straight his mind gets hazy He st^Gops at a sports bar and everybody knows he's a ^Dflirt

So ^Ghe's driving to work, With his head split open From las^C9t nights drinking and last nights smoking And he n^Gever got home And^D now there will be hell to pay

'Cause ^Gshe'll be yelling and he'll be screaming And th^C9e kids will be crying, Like a house full of demons ^GSays to himself, "Why do people live this w^Day?'

^GShe says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies ^C9I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy ^GSticking around while he's drunk all over t^Down ^GBut you don't see he can be so sweet ^C9He only gets mean when he gets in his drink ^GHe's good to the kids, It's just sometimes he gets ^Ddown"

^GIron drops bad, nothin seems to fit He gets ^C9busted on his welds, He wants to just quit ^GHe wants to curl up tight on a cold white ground and ^Dcry

But he ^Gworks full shift Picks up a six It's almost ^C9Christmas The roads are getting slick She's gonna ^Gbe at the door Gonna be hell of a f^Dight

So he's an ^Ghour out of Lincoln No shoulder on the road Its ^C9dark and its snowing He oughtta go slow But he ^Gpushes it forward, planes and slides like a sl^Ded

The ^Gtires hit the edge He spins at the top The ^C9truck slides low in the ditch till it stops It ^Ghurts, where he banged his ^Dhead

So he ^Gsits in the cab He can't read the gauges The ^C9wipers whip like wind over pagers It's ^Gloud There's static on the ^Dradio

It ^Gtoo light to see He just star^C9es It gets too light to ^Gsee And then he gets s^Dcared Then the ^Glight was gone Just ^C9wipers, wind turned s^Dnow

^GShe says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies ^C9I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy ^GSticking around while he's drunk all over ^Dtown ^GBut you don't see he can be so sweet ^C9He only gets mean when he gets in his drink ^GHe's good to the kids, It's just sometimes he gets ^Ddown"

So he ^Gpulls back on He d^C9rives real slow Throws the ^Glast of the six out the window in the ^Dsnow Something's ^Gchanged, Saw light, he should have seen ^C9dark That's the l^Gast time he drank Still a hell of a f^Dight ^GShe knew he wasn't lying when he told her about the ^C9light ^GShe knew he wasn't lying about the ^Dlight

^GWell it's iron that he hangs, He loves his work He drives hours ea^C9ch day, He's never been hurt Got a bac^Gk of steel Got burn^Ds on the sleeves of his shirt"