Tom Russell - Mesabi

^N.C.Have you ever seen Du^Cluth ^{G F} When the Great Lake waves were ^Cpounding? ^{G F} There must be some way ^Amout of there You might end up lost or ^Gdrowning And the polkas at the ^CPolish dance hall ^{G F} And the carnivals of ^Cspring ^{G F} And the rock and roll on that up^Amright piano Didn't the kid make the ^Ghigh school rafters ring?

The ^Amkid heard Howlin' Wolf Every night on the ^Fradio From those ^Amairwaves blasting all the way Nogales, ^EmMexico And the ^Amduck-tail boys in Saint Cloud Polished ^Gup their chords of fame And the ^Farmoury show where Buddy ^CHolly sang 'The ^DLearning of the Game^G'

^N.C.Some things never ^Cchange ^{G F} On the Mesabi Iron ^CRange ^{G F} Where the north country's ^Amrain screams "Don't make me do the work my ^Gfather did" Bethlehem of the ^Ftroubadour kid

Have you heard the desert ^Cwind blow ^{G F} 'Cross the City of the ^CAngels? ^{G F} I was that kid playing ^Amfootball In a Catholic school, deep down in ^GMexican town Richie Valens sang, 'La ^CBamba' ^{G F} It's eighty miles to Tiju^Cana ^{G F} I stole my parent's ^Amcar one day Never found the dark-eyed ladies in the ^Gcowboy songs

Just a ^Amkid listening To my Uncle George's ^Frecord player Where the ^Amgreat vinyl wheel spun 'round Its ^Emholy prayer And ^Amsteel guitars in Telecaster bars Of ^GSan Joaquin towns And the '^FDon't Think Twice It's ^CAlright' Me^Dsabi Holy ^GGround

^N.C.Some things never ^Cchange ^{G F} It's still the learning of the ^Cgame ^{G F} You might end up on Fifth and ^AmMain Please don't make me go out like my ^Gfather did I wanna sing like the ^Ftroubadour kid

Some things never ^Cchange ^{G F} On the Mesabi Iron ^CRange ^{G F} Where the north country's ^Amrain screams "Please don't make me do the work my ^Gfather did" Bethlehem of the ^Ftroubadour kid

Some things never ^Cchange ^{G F} Some things never ^Cchange ^{G F} Yeah, some things ^Amnever change