Capo #4 
 
Inst open C5 D5 F5 G5 F5 C5 

            C5           D5 
Chorus    Steel rails, chasing sunshine round the bend 
            F5                G5                F5                      C5 
          Winding through trees, like a ribbon in the wind 
         C5                           D5 
        I don't mind, not knowing what lies down the track 
              F5               G5                     F5                       C5 
      Cause I'm looking out ahead, to keep my mind from turning back 
C5                            D5 
It's not the first time, I found myself alone at dawn 
F5                     G5                F5                        C5 
If I really had you once, then I'd have you, when I'm gone 
      C5            D5 
Whistle blowing, blowing lonesome, in my mind 
F5            G5                F5                      C5 
Calling me along, that never ending, metal line 
 
chorus 
inst/  C5 D5 F5 G5 F5 C5       C5 D5 F5 G5 F5 C5 
 

Sun is shinning, through the open box car door 

Lying in, my mind, with the things I've known before 

I've lost count of the hours, days, and times 

Just the rhythm of the rails, keeps the motion in my mind 
 
chorus 
        F5                   G5                   F5                          C5 
cause I'm looking out ahead ~~, To keep my mind from turning back