Steel Rail Blues

Gordon Lightfoot

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[Intro] e|---9~~~~-----------------------------| B|--------9-11-9-11----7-6-------------| G|-------------------------8-6---------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| [Verse] Well I got my mail late last night A letter from a girl who found the time to write To her lonesome boy somewhere in the night She sent me a railroad ticket too To take me to her loving arms And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love [Interlude] [Verse] Well I been out here many long days I haven’t found a place that I could call my own Not a two bit bed to lay my body on I been stood up I been shook down I been dragged into the sand And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love [Interlude] [Chorus] Ooh ooh ooh yi he he ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh [Interlude] G|-------------------------8-6---------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| [Verse] Well I been up tight most every night Walking along the streets of this old town Not a friend around to tell my troubles to My good old car she done broke down ’Cause I drove it into the ground And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love [Interlude] [Verse] Well look over yonder across the plain The big drive wheels a-pounding along the ground Gonna get on board and I’ll be homeward bound Now I ain’t had a home cooked meal And Lord I need one now And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love [Interlude] [Chorus] Ooh ooh ooh yi he he ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh [Interlude] G|-------------------------8-6---------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| [Verse] Now here I am with my head in the sand Standing on the broad highway will you give a ride To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night I went in town for one last round And I gambled my ticket away And the big steel rail won’t carry me home to the one I love [Interlude] [Chorus] Ooh ooh ooh yi he he ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh yi he he ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh [Interlude] G|-------------------------8-6---------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| [Outro] oh Yi he he

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Cette chanson parle d'un homme solitaire qui reçoit une lettre d'une fille avec qui il a des sentiments. Elle lui envoie un billet de train, symbolisant son désir de retourner auprès d'elle. Il évoque ses journées difficiles passées loin de chez lui, sans endroit qui lui appartienne réellement, et il exprime son envie de retrouver l'amour et la chaleur d'un foyer. Tout au long des couplets, il traverse des épreuves, que ce soit des déceptions personnelles ou des problèmes matériels. Il se rend compte qu'il se sent perdu et désespéré, cherchant désespérément une échappatoire vers l'amour et un lieu où il se sentira enfin chez lui. Les images du train et du voyage renforcent ce sentiment de quête de réconfort et de retrouvailles.

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