Chords for Richard Dobson - Piece of Wood and Steel

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I can feel your arms around me [C] like it was yesterday.
[G] I can feel you breathing next to me.
I can hear your [A] laughter again.
You tried to tell me what was [C] right, and I told you what was real.
And [G] all I ever live for now is this piece of [Am] wood and steel. _ _ _ _ _
_ In a world that's full of trouble, [C] a world that's full of pain [G] and all of it,
many fall beside the road and they never [A] rise again.
And many more have [Em] been blown or [C] broken at the wheel.
[G] All I need to carry on is this piece of wood [Am] and steel. _ _ _ _
_ I was born my mother's only [C] son.
She loves me all she [G] can.
But ain't too much to say to her since I've [A] become a man.
[Am] I'll often admit the devil, [C] I ain't never made a deal.
I [Em] just thank the Lord [G] for hands to play this piece of [A] wood and steel.
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_ It's face is scarred and beat [C] like the ragged clothes I wear.
[G] Like the body that God gave me, I might give it [Am] better care.
I play it for the [C] ladies, I play it for a meal.
[G] I play the string just to hear them ring on this piece of [A] wood and steel.
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I'm a-growing tired of searching, [C] and ain't too much I crave.
[G] You can give or take just a little time, you can ride it on my [Am] grave.
There's nothing more I care [C] to own, nothing left to [G] feel.
All I ever wanted was this piece of [Am] wood and steel. _ _ _ _ _
_ I can feel your arms around me [C] like it was yesterday.
I [G] can feel you breathing next to me, and here you [Am] left again.
You tried to tell me what was right, and I [C] told you what was real.
[G] All I ever wanted was this piece of [Am] wood and steel.
_ _ [G] All I ever asked for was this piece of wood [Am] and steel. _ _
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