Piece of Wood and Steel Chords by David Allan Coe

_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
I can feel your arms around me [C] like it was yesterday.
[G] I can feel your breathing next to me and hear your laughter, Gabe.
You tried to tell me what was right and I told you what was real.
[G] All I ever lived for now is this piece [A] of wood and steel.
[E] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ In a world that's full of trouble, a world that's full [C#] of pain, [G#] Lord,
many fall beside the road and they never [A#m] rise again.
_ Many more are bending low or broken at the wheel.
[G#] All I need to carry on is this piece of [A#m] wood and steel.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ I was born my mother's only son.
She loves me all she can,
[A] but there isn't much to say to her since I [Bm] became a man.
And I often [F#] met the devil, [F#m] but I never [F#] made a deal.
[A] I just thank the [E] Lord for hands to play this piece of [Bm] wood and steel.
_ [Cm] Wood and steel.
_ _ _ _ _ Its face is scarred and beaten like the ragged clothes I wear.
[A#] Like the body that God gave me, I might give it [Cm] better care.
But I play it for the ladies and I play it for a meal.
[A#] I play the strings just to hear them ring on this piece of wood [Cm] and steel.
Wood and [C#m] steel. _ _ _ _ _
I'm growing tired of searching now.
There's nothing much [E] I crave.
[B] Give or take a little time and you can write it on [C#m] my grave.
There's nothing more I care to own, nothing left to feel.
[B] All I ever wanted was this piece of wood and [C#m] steel.
Play that guitar.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] I feel your arms around me like it was yesterday.
[C] I can feel your breathing next to me and hear your [Dm] laughter gay.
You tried to tell me what was right and I told you what was real.
[C] And all I ever lived for now is this piece of wood [Dm] and steel.
In a world that's full of trouble, a world that's full of pain, Lord.
[C] Many fall beside the road and they [D] never rise again.
[Dm] Many more are bending low or broken at the wheel.
[C] All I need to carry on is this piece [Dm] of wood and steel. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was born [Dm] my mother's only son.
She loves me all she can.
But [C] there isn't much to say to her since I became a [Dm] man.
And I often met the devil, but I never made a deal.
I just [C] thank the Lord for hands to play this piece of wood [Dm] and steel. _ _
_ [A] I'll be playing this guitar [D] till _ _ the day I die. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _