Steel Rail Blues Ukulele chords by Gordon Lightfoot

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Db

Intro:

  C
A|-4b--------------------|
E|-----4-6-4-6---2-1-----|
C|-------------------3-1-|
G|-----------------------|

Verse 1:
        C
Well, I got my mail late last night
                         C7                F
A letter from a girl who found the time to write
                                      C
To her lonesome boy somewheres in the night
    F
She sent me a railroad ticket too
                         C
To take me to her lovin' arms
                  Am                  G                 C   Em Am G
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Verse 2:
        C
Well, I been out here many long days
                             C7              F
I haven't found a place that I could call my own
                                 C
Not a two bit bed to lay my body on
  F
I been stood up, I been shook down
                        C
I been dragged into the sand
                  Am                  G                 C   Em Am G
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Chorus:
F   Em  Am  C
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
F   Em  Am  G   C
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Verse 3:
        C
Well, I been uptight most every night
                  C7                  F
Walking along the streets of this old town
                                        C
Not a friend around to tell my troubles to
   F
My good old car she done broke down
                           C
'Cause I drove it into the ground
                  Am                  G                 C   Em Am G
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Verse 4:
      C
Well, look over yonder across the plain
                       C7                 F
The big drive wheels a-pounding along the ground
                                        C
Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound
    F
Now I ain't had a home cooked meal
                     C
And Lord, I need one now
                  Am                  G                 C   Em Am G
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love

Chorus:
F   Em  Am  C
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
F   Em  Am  G   C
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Verse 5:
    C
Now here I am with my head in the sand
                          C7                    F
Standing on the broad highway, would you give a ride
                                            C
To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night
  F
I went in town for one last round
                         C
And I gambled my ticket away
                  Am                  G                 C   Em Am G
And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love

Chorus:
F   Em  Am  C
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
F   Em  Am  G   C
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
F   Em  Am  C
Ooh ooh ooh yi he he
F   Em  Am  G   C
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
    Am    C
Oh, Yi he he