May The Iron Horse Get Fed chords by Kayla Ray

Key: C

Intro:
C Em G

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

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

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

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

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

Chorus:
C       F             C
May the oil hand find steady pay
F                 C
Poet sing his own lullabye
F                             Am
The rambler walk holes in his shoes
         C
May that iron horse get fed
         G              C   C
May that iron horse get fed

Instrumental:
C F C F C F Am C G C

Verse 4:
C                Em      C
Tell me what's a poet to say
F                       C
Mmmm When it's all been said

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

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

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

Chorus:
        F             C
May the oil hand find steady pay
F                     C
The poet sing his own lullabye
F                             Am
The rambler walk holes in his shoes
         C
May that iron horse get fed
G                       C
May that iron horse get fed

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