Steel Rail Blues Lyrics

STEEL RAIL BLUES - Gordon Lightfoot
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Capo: 1st Fret
Chords Used:
e:-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-1-|-1-|
B:-1-|-1-|-1-|-0-|-0-|-1-|
G:-0-|-3-|-2-|-1-|-0-|-2-|
D:-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-3-|
A:-3-|-3-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-x-|
E:-x-|-x-|-x-|-0-|-3-|-x-|
Intro (not relative to capo)
Well I got my mail late last night
A letter from a girl who found the time to write
To her lonesome boy somewhere in the night
She sent me a railroad ticket too
To take me to her loving arms
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
Well I been out here many long days
I haven't found a place that I could call my own
Not a two bit bed to lay my body on
I been stood up I been shook down
I been dragged into the sand
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Play Intro Again)
Well I been up tight most every night
Walking along the streets of this old town
Not a friend around to tell my troubles to
My good old car she done broke down
'Cause I drove it into the ground
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
Well look over yonder across the plain
The big drive wheels a-pounding along the ground
Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound
Now I ain't had a home cooked meal
And Lord I need one now
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Play Intro Again)
Now here I am with my head in my hand
Standing on the broad highway will you give a ride
To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night
I went in town for one last round
And I gambled my ticket away
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Play Intro Again)
oh, Yi he he
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend