Steel Still Rusts chords by Nickelback

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

 D | F | C | G : 2x




🎸 Verse 1:
 D           F
Best of days livin' a simple life
     C             G
There's nowhere to go when there's only one stop light
   D          F
His grandmother told him "Don't you dare sign up
     C        G
They'll ship you away to places we ain't heard of
D       F
 Get a degree, and maybe be a doctor
C           G
 Just ask your daddy, it won't matter once they got ya
D           F
 Lifetimes you could spend to find out what she meant
 C            G
Her final dyin' breath, this is what she said"

🎸 Chorus:
 D         F
"Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C           G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts
 D          F
Stone carved in your name, no one can really trust
 C         G
Shoulder another soldier they stole from us
D        F
 Don't ever bend, don't ever crawl
C         G
 Supposed to stand and never fall
D          F
 Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C           G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts"
D    F          C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
G
 And steel still rusts
D     F         C   G
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust


🎸 Verse 2:
  D          F
A third of his life off in a foreign land
 C             G
Thanks for your service, sincerely
Uncle Sam
 D         F
Lost the best of friends he'd ever known
   C            G
And no line of welcome signs once he got back home
D       F
 He got a job, a doorman at a dive bar
  C        G
Became a bodyguard, protecting famous rock stars
 D         F
Lost count of the times he's been around the world
 C           G
Promised grandmama he'd never lose these words


🎸 Chorus:
 D         F
"Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C           G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts
 D          F
Stone carved in your name, no one can really trust
 C         G
Shoulder another soldier they stole from us
D        F
 Don't ever bend, don't ever crawl
C         G
 Supposed to stand and never fall
D          F
 Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C           G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts"
D    F          C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
G
 And steel still rusts
D     F         C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
       G
And dust to dust


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
 Bb | F | C | G | Bb | F | C | C :


🎸 Instrumental:
 D | F | C | G :


🎸 Bridge:
D         F
 Forever feel the wounds that never heal
   C            G
When fallen friends are now a line of crosses in a field


🎸 Chorus:
 D         F
Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C           G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts (Steel still rusts)
 D          F
Stone carved in your name, no one can really trust
 C         G
Shoulder another soldier they stole from us
D        F
 Don't ever bend, don't ever crawl
C         G
 Supposed to stand and never fall (And never fall)
 D         F
Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C           G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts
D    F          C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
   G
And steel still rusts (Steel still rusts)
D    F          C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
   G        D
And steel still rusts