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