Chords as interpreted by Joe G
Standard tuning, no capo.
This is based on the style in which they play it live.

     G5
When I was a little kid
          C5                            G5
My father told me to see the world for him
   G5
So I took my things
                 C5                      G5
And painted pink sunsets over the vast oceans
D5
Send your dad a note
    C5                           G5
You made it, kid, you're on the road
D5
Send your dad a note
    C5                           G5
You made it, kid, you're on the road

G5
Mother, teach me about the country
                 C5
Can you tell the lie
         C5
From the lives that you've seen?
G5
Mother, can you tell me
           C5             G5
Where this road is gonna lead?
     D5
Just let yourself go
    C5                     G5
And sell your soul to the road
     D5
Just let yourself go
    C5                     G5
And sell your soul to the road

E5             C5                       G5
Don't you know I was resting under the tracks
E5        C5                        G5
Even then I knew I would always be back
      A5                   C5
And I know that this steel train 
                           G5
is gonna ride on 'till the end
      A5                   C5
And I know that this steel train 
                           G5
is gonna ride on 'till the end

G5
Blue skies and desert rain
            C5                       G5
I passed my life by course of steel train
      G5
And i ride to the end of the rail
          C5                G5
I tell my father of all my tales
      D5
I say everything I saw
C5                 G5
I was thinking of you
        D5
And the reason I am
C5               G5
Here is all because of you


E5             C5                       G5
Don't you know I was resting under the tracks
E5        C5                        G5
Even then I knew I would always be back
      A5                 C5
And I know that my steel train 
                           G5
is gonna ride on 'till the end
      A5                 C5
And I know that my steel train 
                           G5
is gonna ride on 'till the end


               A5                 C5
I know there's room on this steel train 
                                  G5
and we're gonna ride it 'till the end