Artist:Gordon Lightfoot
Song:Steel Rail Blues
Tabbed by:Ronny ?sterud

          C (x32010@1)         Well I got my mail late last night
                                   C7 (x32310@1)              F (133211@1)         A letter from a girl who found the time to write
                              F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)         To her lonesome boy somewher's in the night
              F (133211@1)                F (133211@1)         She sent me a railroad ticket too
                                   C (x32010@1)         To make me to her lovin' arms
                            Am (x02210@1)                G7 (320001@1)         And the big steel rail gonna carry me home
                       C (x32010@1)   EmAm G7 (320001@1)         To the one I love

          F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)CRefrain: (x32010@1) Ooh ooh ooh i hi hi
          F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)G7 (320001@1)C (x32010@1)         Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

          Well I binout (x2022x@1)here man long days
          I haven't found a place that I could call my own
          Not atwo (x02210@1)bit bed to lay my body on
          I binstood (x2022x@1)up, I binshock (x2022x@1)down
          I bindragged (x2022x@1)into the sand
          And the big steel rail gonna carry me home
          To the one I love

Refrain:

          Well I bin up tight nost every night
          Walkin' around the streets of this old town
          Not a friend around to tell my troubles to
          My old car; she done broke down
          'Cause I drove it into the ground
          And the big steel rail gonna carry me home
          To the one I love

Refrain:

          Well look over yonder across the plain
          The big drive wheels a-poundin' along the ground
          Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound
          Now I aint' had ahome (x02210@1)cooked meal
          And Lord I need one now
          And the big steel rail gonna carry me home
          To the one I love

Refrain:

          Now here I am with my hat in my hand
          Standin' on the broad highway, will you give a ride
          To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night
          I went in town for one last round
          And I gambled my ticket away
          And the big steel rail gonna carry me home
          To the one I love

Refrain:

Chords used:

Am  - x02210
C   - 032010
C7  - 032310
Em  - 022000
G7  - 320001
F   - 132211