Steel Still Rusts chords by Nickelback

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G+G

🎸 Intro:

 D MajorD | FF | C majorC | G+G : 2x



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

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

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


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


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
 Bb majorBb | FF | C majorC | G+G | Bb majorBb | FF | C majorC | C majorC :


🎸 Instrumental:
 D MajorD | FF | C majorC | G+G :


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


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