Steel Rail Blues Chords by Jim Croce

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Find my mail late last night, letter from a gal who found the [F] time to write
To a lonely boy [C] somewhere's in the night
[F] Sent me a railroad ticket to take her to her [C] loving arms
And the [Am] wheat steel rail gonna [G] carry me home to [C] the one I love
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_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[C] Well I've been uptight most every night
Walking around the streets of [F] this old town
Not a friend around to tell my [C] troubles to
[F] Good old car, a done boat bound, just drove it [C] to the ground
And the [Am] big steel rail gonna [G] carry me home to the [C] one I love
[A] _
Well look over yonder, cross that plain
[C] Big drive wheel is a-pummin' [F] around the town
I'm gonna get on board and I'll be [C] homeward bound
[F] I ain't had a home-cooked meal, Lord I [Am] need one now
And the big steel rail gonna [G] carry me home to the [C] one I love _
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[C] Well here I [D] stand, hat in my [C] hand
Walking down the big highway, can you give [F] a ride
To a lonely boy who missed the train [C] last night
[F] I went in town for one last round, I gambled my ticket [C] away
And the big [Am] steel rail gonna [G] carry me home to the one [C] I love
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_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _
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