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