Nickelback – Steel Still Rusts (Guitar)

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[Intro] | D | F | C | G | 2x [Verse 1]
 D                     F
Best of days livin' a simple life

         C                         G
There's nowhere to go when there's only one stop light

      D                    F
His grandmother told him "Don't you dare sign up

          C                G
They'll ship you away to places we ain't heard of

D             F
 Get a degree, and maybe be a doctor

C                     G
 Just ask your daddy, it won't matter once they got ya

D                      F
 Lifetimes you could spend to find out what she meant

 C                        G
Her final dyin' breath, this is what she said"
[Chorus]
  D                 F
"Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us

C                     G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts

  D                   F
Stone carved in your name, no one can really trust

  C                  G
Shoulder another soldier they stole from us

D                F
 Don't ever bend, don't ever crawl

C                 G
 Supposed to stand and never fall

D                   F
 Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us

C                     G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts"

D       F                    C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

G
 And steel still rusts

D         F                  C     G
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
[Verse 2]
    D                   F
A third of his life off in a foreign land

  C                          G
Thanks for your service, sincerely, Uncle Sam

 D                 F
Lost the best of friends he'd ever known

     C                       G
And no line of welcome signs once he got back home

D             F
 He got a job, a doorman at a dive bar

   C               G
Became a bodyguard, protecting famous rock stars

 D                 F
Lost count of the times he's been around the world

  C                      G
Promised grandmama he'd never lose these words
[Chorus]
  D                 F
"Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us

C                     G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts

  D                   F
Stone carved in your name, no one can really trust

  C                  G
Shoulder another soldier they stole from us

D                F
 Don't ever bend, don't ever crawl

C                 G
 Supposed to stand and never fall

D                   F
 Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us

C                     G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts"

D       F                    C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

G
 And steel still rusts

D         F                  C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

             G
And dust to dust
[Guitar Solo] | Bb | F | C | G | Bb | F | C | C | [Instrumental] | D | F | C | G | [Bridge]
D                  F
 Forever feel the wounds that never heal

      C                        G
When fallen friends are now a line of crosses in a field
[Chorus]
 D                 F
Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us

C                     G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts (Steel still rusts)

  D                   F
Stone carved in your name, no one can really trust

  C                  G
Shoulder another soldier they stole from us

D                F
 Don't ever bend, don't ever crawl

C                 G
 Supposed to stand and never fall (And never fall)

 D                 F
Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us

C                     G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts

D       F                    C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

      G
And steel still rusts (Steel still rusts)

D       F                    C
 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

      G                D
And steel still rusts