Nine Pound Steel Chords by Joe Simon

_ _ _ [Cm] Through [G] _
_ _ _ these walls I see [C] the sun _ _ I'm [G] here because the _ [C] wrong I've done
_ _ My [G] woman's knees _ _ [C] made me ashamed I [G] scorned for her
Oh, well I should have [C] stood up like a man You see, I've got to [G] say good morning
_ _ _ _ [B] Tonight _ _ _ [C] I'll stay _ _ awake
[G] Listen to me now
They got me working _ _ _ [C] like a slave _ _ [G] Paid for _ _ my [C] mistakes
_ I [G] know someday _ _ I'll [C] be free _ _ _ [G] Please, darling, _ oh, honey, [C] wait for me
_ I've got [G] to say good morning _ _ _ [B] tonight _ _ I'm [C] _
still good morning to that old [G] nine-pound steel
This [C] old jail is [G] so cold I [C] need you, darling, I need your love [G] more and more
_ I know someday, _ someday _ [C] I'll be free _ _ _ [G] Please, darling, _ oh, [C] honey, wait for me
Until I lay [G] down this old nine _ _ _ [B]-pound, _ _ nine [C]-pound steel
It's so hard sometimes [G] _
Listen to me, honey
I'm _ _ coming home, _ [C] wait for me I'm [G] coming home, _ _ _ [C] wait for me
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