May The Iron Horse Get Fed chords by Kayla Ray

Chords with lyrics

Key: C majorC

Intro:
C majorC E minorEm G+G

Verse 1:
    C majorC
Tell me what's a rambler to do
     FF       C majorC
When the iron horse is gone
     E minorEm          C majorC
When the rails they've rusted over
     D MajorD            G+G
And that conductor's done passed on
C majorC
I've still got the yearnin'
   FF          C majorC
I can hear a ghost whistle moan

So tell me what's a rambler to do
G+G           C majorC  C majorC
When the iron horse is gone

Verse 2:
C majorC
Whoa and where's a roughneck to go
     FF           C majorC
When the wells they've all run dry

When the derricks they're all layed over
G+G      D MajorD          G+G
And there's hunger in his baby's eyes
C majorC
To work is all he knows
       FF      C majorC
See he's too damn mean to die
           G+G      C majorC
So tell me where's a roughneck to go
G+G               C majorC
When the wells they've all run dry

Verse 3:
C majorC
Oh and where's a cowboy to ride
     FF         C majorC
When the land it's all been paved
           E minorEm   C majorC
When they've hobbled all the ponies
    D MajorD             G+G
And the trails they're smooth and straight
C majorC    E minorEm   C majorC
The foul wind of progress
  FF     C majorC
Is blowin his way
                G+G
So tell me where's a cowboy to ride
              C majorC
When the land it's all been paved

Chorus:
C majorC    FF       C majorC
May the oil hand find steady pay
FF         C majorC
Poet sing his own lullabye
FF               A minorAm
The rambler walk holes in his shoes
     C majorC
May that iron horse get fed
     G+G       C majorC  C majorC
May that iron horse get fed

Instrumental:
C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 4:
C majorC        E minorEm   C majorC
Tell me what's a poet to say
FF            C majorC
Mmmm When it's all been said

When the songs they've been perverted
    D MajorD      G+G
And the music's left for dead
C majorC
The art would be forsaken
FF           C majorC
Should the means be misled
          G+G    C majorC G+G
So tell me what's a poet to say
G+G         C majorC
When it's all been said

Verse 5:
C majorC
Tell me how's a sinner to pray
     FF           C majorC  C majorC
When the word it's been watered down
           G+G
Misconstrued and overused
  D MajorD          G+G
By self rightous clowns
C majorC
In need of a saviour
    FF        C majorC
But the saviour can't be found

So tell me how's a sinner to pray
     G+G           C majorC  C majorC
When the word it's been watered down

Chorus:
    FF       C majorC
May the oil hand find steady pay
FF           C majorC
The poet sing his own lullabye
FF               A minorAm
The rambler walk holes in his shoes
     C majorC
May that iron horse get fed
G+G            C majorC
May that iron horse get fed

Reprise:
C majorC
May that iron horse get fed
       G+G
May that iron horse get fed