Steel Rail Blues chords by Jim Croce

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
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Well I got my mail late last night
              C7C7        FF
A augmentedA letter from a girl who found the time to write
                    C majorC
To her lonesome boy somewhere in the night
   FF
She sent me a railroad ticket too
             C majorC
To take me to her loving arms
       A minorAm             G+G        C majorC
And the big steel rail’s gonna carry me home to the one I love


C majorC
Well I been out here many a long days
               C7C7        FF
I haven't found a place that I could call my own
                 C majorC
Not a two bit bed to lay my body on
     FF
I been stood up I been shook down
              C majorC
I’ve been dragged into the sand
       A minorAm            G+G        C majorC
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Verse:
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Well I been up tight most every night
           C7C7         FF
Walking along the streets of this old town
                    C majorC
Not a friend around to tell my troubles to
       FF
My good old car she done broke down
               C majorC
'Cause I drove it into the ground
       A minorAm            G+G         C majorC
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

C majorC
Well look over yonder across the plain
             C7C7         FF
The big drive wheels a-pounding along the ground
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Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound
       FF
Now I ain't had a home cooked meal
           C majorC
And Lord I need one now
       A minorAm            G+G         C majorC
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

C majorC
Now here I am with my hat in my hand
            C7C7           FF
Standing on the broad highway will you give a ride
                       C majorC
To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night
       FF
I went in town for one last round
             C majorC
And I gambled my ticket away
       A minorAm            G+G         C majorC
And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love

Outro:
A minorAm G+G C majorC