Gordon Lightfoot – Steel Rail Blues (Guitar Tab)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: sawyerj6 Email: [email protected] Chords Used:

   C |C7 |Am |Em |G7 | F |  
e:-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-1-|-1-|  
B:-1-|-1-|-1-|-0-|-0-|-1-|  
G:-0-|-3-|-2-|-1-|-0-|-2-|  
D:-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-3-|  
A:-3-|-3-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-x-| 
E:-x-|-x-|-x-|-0-|-3-|-x-|

Intro (not relative to capo)

e|---9~~~~-----------------------------|
B|--------9-11-9-11----7-6-------------|
G|-------------------------8-6---------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

C Well I got my mail late last night C7 F A letter from a girl who found the time to write C To her lonesome boy somewhere in the night F She sent me a railroad ticket too C To take me to her loving arms Am G7 C And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Em Am G7 C Well I been out here many long days C7 F I haven't found a place that I could call my own C Not a two bit bed to lay my body on F I been stood up I been shook down C I been dragged into the sand Am G7 C And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Em Am G7 F Em Am C Ooh ooh ooh yi he he F Em Am G7 C ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (Play Intro Again) C Well I been up tight most every night C7 F Walking along the streets of this old town C Not a friend around to tell my troubles to F My good old car she done broke down C 'Cause I drove it into the ground Am G7 C And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Em Am G7 C Well look over yonder across the plain C7 F The big drive wheels a-pounding along the ground C Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound F Now I ain't had a home cooked meal C And Lord I need one now Am G7 C And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Em Am G7 F Em Am C Ooh ooh ooh yi he he F Em Am G7 C ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (Play Intro Again) C Now here I am with my head in my hand C7 F Standing on the broad highway will you give a ride C To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night F I went in town for one last round C And I gambled my ticket away Am G7 C And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Em Am G7 F Em Am C Ooh ooh ooh yi he he F Em Am G7 C ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh F Em Am C Ooh ooh ooh yi he he F Em Am G7 C ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (Play Intro Again) Am C oh, Yi he he ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************