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CAPO 3
Well it's Giron that he hangs, He loves his work
He drives hours eaC9ch day, He's never been hurt
Got a bacGk of steel
Got burnDs on the sleeves of his shirt
He driGnks too much when stuff gets heavy
He can'C9t think straight his mind gets hazy
He stGops at a sports bar and everybody knows he's a Dflirt
So Ghe's driving to work, With his head split open
From lasC9t nights drinking and last nights smoking
And he nGever got home
And Dnow there will be hell to pay
'Cause Gshe'll be yelling and he'll be screaming
And thC9e kids will be crying, Like a house full of demons
GSays to himself, "Why do people live this wDay?'
GShe says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies
C9I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy
GSticking around while he's drunk all over tDown
GBut you don't see he can be so sweet
C9He only gets mean when he gets in his drink
GHe's good to the kids, It's just sometimes he gets Ddown"
GIron drops bad, nothin seems to fit
He gets C9busted on his welds, He wants to just quit
GHe wants to curl up tight on a cold white ground and Dcry
But he Gworks full shift Picks up a six
It's almost C9Christmas The roads are getting slick
She's gonna Gbe at the door Gonna be hell of a fDight
So he's an Ghour out of Lincoln No shoulder on the road
Its C9dark and its snowing He oughtta go slow
But he Gpushes it forward, planes and slides like a slDed
The Gtires hit the edge He spins at the top
The C9truck slides low in the ditch till it stops
It Ghurts, where he banged his Dhead
So he Gsits in the cab He can't read the gauges
The C9wipers whip like wind over pagers
It's Gloud There's static on the Dradio
It Gtoo light to see
He just starC9es
It gets too light to Gsee
And then he gets sDcared
Then the Glight was gone
Just C9wipers, wind turned sDnow
GShe says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies
C9I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy
GSticking around while he's drunk all over Dtown
GBut you don't see he can be so sweet
C9He only gets mean when he gets in his drink
GHe's good to the kids, It's just sometimes he gets Ddown"
So he Gpulls back on
He dC9rives real slow
Throws the Glast of the six out the window in the Dsnow
Something's Gchanged, Saw light, he should have seen C9dark
That's the lGast time he drank
Still a hell of a fDight
GShe knew he wasn't lying when he told her about the C9light
GShe knew he wasn't lying about the Dlight
(Girl)
GWell it's iron that he hangs, He loves his work
He drives hours eaC9ch day, He's never been hurt
Got a bacGk of steel
Got burnDs on the sleeves of his shirt"

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Iron

by Sam Baker

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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CAPO 3

Well it's iron that he hangs, He loves his work

He drives hours each day, He's never been hurt

Got a back of steel

Got burns on the sleeves of his shirt

He drinks too much when stuff gets heavy

He can't think straight his mind gets hazy

G D

He stops at a sports bar and everybody knows he's a flirt

So he's driving to work, With his head split open

From last nights drinking and last nights smoking

And he never got home

And now there will be hell to pay

'Cause she'll be yelling and he'll be screaming

And the kids will be crying, Like a house full of demons

G D

Says to himself, "Why do people live this way?'

She says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies

I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy

G D

Sticking around while he's drunk all over town

But you don't see he can be so sweet

He only gets mean when he gets in his drink

G D

He's good to the kids, It's just sometimes he gets down"

Iron drops bad, nothin seems to fit

He gets busted on his welds, He wants to just quit

G D

He wants to curl up tight on a cold white ground and cry

But he works full shift Picks up a six

It's almost Christmas The roads are getting slick

G D

She's gonna be at the door Gonna be hell of a fight

So he's an hour out of Lincoln No shoulder on the road

Its dark and its snowing He oughtta go slow

G D

But he pushes it forward, planes and slides like a sled

The tires hit the edge He spins at the top

The truck slides low in the ditch till it stops

G D

It hurts, where he banged his head

So he sits in the cab He can't read the gauges

The wipers whip like wind over pagers

G D

It's loud There's static on the radio

It too light to see

He just stares

It gets too light to see

And then he gets scared

Then the light was gone

C9 D

Just wipers, wind turned snow

She says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies

I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy

G D

Sticking around while he's drunk all over town

But you don't see he can be so sweet

He only gets mean when he gets in his drink

G D

He's good to the kids, It's just sometimes he gets down"

So he pulls back on

He drives real slow

G D

Throws the last of the six out the window in the snow

G C9

Something's changed, Saw light, he should have seen dark

That's the last time he drank

Still a hell of a fight

G C9

She knew he wasn't lying when he told her about the light

G D

She knew he wasn't lying about the light

(Girl)

Well it's iron that he hangs, He loves his work

He drives hours each day, He's never been hurt

Got a back of steel

Got burns on the sleeves of his shirt"

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