The Steeldust Line Chords by Ian Tyson

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Left early Tuesday morning, hit the border just at ten
The vet said, where you headed son?
[G] I said, Vegas, sir, and then
[D] We hooked her through Montana, good [F#m] time the [Bm] roads were bare
[A] By nightfall we're in Dillon, ten below, she cold down there
[D] Fed the partners in the morning, we were Nevada bound
Off that steep Mennonite, a [G] passport running like a hound
[D] Across them foggy flatlands of [F#m] southern [Bm] Idaho
[A] Turned south into the sagebrush hills of the cow town of Elko
[D] We're carrying the blood of the steel dust line, carrying the [G] blood of the steel dust line
Looking through the silver, looking through the gold, [D] looking through the big [Em]
payday
I _ _ _ [A] know my silent partners stand behind me [D] all the way _
Dick Jonesy had fresh cattle and a nice dry building too
So we went to cotton cattle [G] and in forty's time we knew
[D] That the partners were as ready as [F#m] they were [Bm] gonna be
[A] So we left in the blizzard on Monday morning, all that I could see
[D] Was the tail light bullet trucker driving into the blizzard jaws
That trucker never winking [G] all the way to Tonopah
[D] We dropped down on the desert, [F#m] left that [Bm] storm behind
[A] Four more hours, we're in Vegas, traffic at three way signs
[D] Carrying the blood of the steel dust line, carrying the [G] blood of the steel dust line
Looking through the silver, looking through the gold, looking [D] through the big [Em]
payday
I _ _ _ [A] know my silent partners stand behind me [D] all the way _
Well _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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I found the Tropicana, then I found the draw
The whole damn dock bar dynasty [G] was a post it on the wall
[D] With Gunsmokes and Coyotes and [A] Colonel [Bm] Freckles too
[A] There were little peppies, Mr.
Sam Peppies, a cotton horse who's who
[D] Put the splint boots on my partner, pulled the ladder go up tight
Rode into that herd and cut [G] my first cow out just right
[D] I drove out through the middle and I turned [F#m] my [Bm] partner free
[A] Ed and Lindy were in the corner taking care of [D] me
And when the buzzer sounded, I got my partner's show
Picked up a check from a [G] 217, headed north back home
[D] But look for me next winter, cause [F#m] I'll be back [Bm] for sure
[A] Cause I'm a carrier of the cutting disease for which there is no cure
[D] We're carrying the blood of the steel dust line, carrying the [G] blood of the steel dust line
Looking _ through the silver, looking through the gold, looking [D] through the big [Em] payday
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] I know my silent partner's standing behind me [D] all the way
We're carrying the blood of the steel dust line, carrying the [G] blood of the steel dust line
Looking through the silver, looking through the gold, looking [D] through the big [Em]
payday
I _ _ _ [A] know my silent partner's standing behind me [D] all the way Yes sir!
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