American Steel
Mike Ethan Messick
Album Bootlegger's Turn
https://youtu.be/AydesGUj61c


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Well the needle's on E but I ain't stopping...Until I leave this town behind.
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Somebody said the gasoline was cheaper...Once you get across the county line.
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And if I could save a little money...if my truck get's me that far.
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I know I probably oughta find a diner but I bet I wind up in a bar.

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                    C                G 
Cause me I'm just a flash out on the highway
             D                      G  
Chrome steel shining like broad daylight
                    C                        G                    
Rolling through the dust bowls and the ghost towns
                 D                   G
Headed where the pavement's clear tonight
              C               G
Ain't nobody knows where I'm going
               D                 G
Nobody gives a damn about how I feel
                    C                   G
Though I'm bound to reach the place I'm going
           D                  G
Cause I'm rolling in American Steel.


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Well I used to be a Nine-To-Fiver...everybody knew right where I stand.
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I was a whole lot like my Good Daddy I was a stone cold company man.
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But as I was driving to work one morning I just blew right past the gate.
            C                    G                    D                        G   
I can just picture the boss man saying...this is the first time he's ever been late.

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Just listen to my Goodyear tires humming...listen to that V8 engine roar.
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Sound likes the crowd when the gunboats coming bringing all the soldiers home from war.
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I'd like to start a fire down in the valley...I'll be raising hell up on that hill.
               C                  G                       D             G
Passing little Honda's and little Toyota's just like they were standing still.

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