The Band of Heathens - Nine steps down

^DNine steps down on a ten story ^Gride ^DOne part love and ^Atwo parts ^Dpride ^DThree tons of steel and four miles to ^Ggo ^DSinking them down in the ^AGulf of Mexi^Dco

^DRigged on point, top of the ^Gtower ^DWatch for those waves they’ll be ^Arising ^Dfast ^DCall to the driller down on the sh^Gore ^DDerrickhand you better keep ^Apumping that ^Dgas

^GNo time to think of the girls in their cotton ^DDresses they wear in the early springtime ^GMemories here they’re all long forgotten ^GNine steps down on a ^Aten story ^Dride ^ANine steps down on a ten story ^Dride

^DAll of the boys, thought you we^Gre beauty ^DMy motivation was a little less k^Aind ^{D D}Come with me I got something to show y^Gou ^DOut past the trees where ^Athe river ru^Dns wild

^GMy oh my you were more than I bargained ^DFor one time at the five and dime ^GSpending all my nickels and quarters ^GOne part love and two^A parts pri^Dde ^AOne part love and two parts pri^Dde

^DPut the hammer on down, we m^Gight just make it ^DWatch your eyes, from drifting of^Af the r^Doad ^DDrink ‘em on down, five for a doll^Gar ^DGet it to the man with th^Ae weekly loa^Dd

^GThe rubber on the tires burning like a matchstick ^DBlacklist heart on a long ride home ^GAin’t no god just a lifetime of Sundays ^GThree tons of steel a^And four mi^Dles to go ^AThree tons of steel and four mi^Dles to go

^DWaters rising, all around yo^Gur mind ^DThe slack pulling fast but you tr^Ay to ke^Dep loose ^DThere’s a storm rolling in on, New^G Orleans ^DGonna string everybody in^A a hang man’^Ds noose

^GNine steps down on a ten story ride ^DOne part love and two parts pride ^GThree tons of steel and four miles to go ^GSinking them down in ^Athe Gulf o^Df Mexico ^GSinking them down in ^Athe Gulf o^Df Mexico ^ASinking them down in the Gulf o^Df Mexico