Grateful Dead – Tons Of Steel (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
F                                Bb
I know these rails we're on like I know my
Lady's smile
F                          C
Re-see a dozen dreams in every passing mile

F
Can't begin to count the trips

      Bb
That she and I have made
But I wish I had a dollar
          C
For each time we've both been down this grade
[Chorus]
     Bb               C
Nine hundred thousand tons of steel
Made to roll
   Eb                            Bb
Her brakes don't work and this grade's so steep

                      C
Her engine's sure to blow

     Bb                C
Nine hundred thousand tons of steel
Out of control
     Gm            Bb                C
She's more a roller coaster than the train I used
To know [Verse 2]
    F                                Bb
It's one hell of an understatement to say she
Can get mean
      F                      C
She's temperamental, more a bitch than a machine

    F
She wasn't built to travel at

    C
The speed a rumor flies
These wheels are bound to jump the tracks
    F
Before they burn the ties
[Chorus]
     Bb               C
Nine hundred thousand tons of steel
Made to roll
   Eb                            Bb
Her brakes don't work and this grade's so steep

                      C
Her engine's sure to blow

     Bb                C
Nine hundred thousand tons of steel
Out of control
     Gm            Bb                C
She's more a roller coaster than the train I used
To know [Verse 3]
    F                            Bb
Murphy's sure outdone himself to pick this
Stretch of track
       F                     C
I can only hope my luck is riding in the back

      F
Well I have prayed to God

      Bb
This ain't the day we meet

     C
I've done about everything

      F
But try dragging my feet
[Chorus]
     Bb               C
Nine hundred thousand tons of steel
Made to roll
   Eb                            Bb
Her brakes don't work and this grade's so steep

                      C
Her engine's sure to blow

     Bb                C
Nine hundred thousand tons of steel
Out of control
     Gm            Bb                C
She's more a roller coaster than the train I used
To know [Outro]
Bb             C        F
Oo, oo, I wanna go down slow

Eb     Bb     C
Oo, oo, oo, oo, oo

Bb                C
Nine hundred thousand tons of steel
Out of control
Gm                 Bb                 C
She's more a roller coaster than the train I used
To know