Iron Road

F Bb F Hundred lists of reasons I keep 'round Bb Why I never had a family F Why I couldn't settle down Bb F Dm Why I'd sooner in the mirror see a hobo lookin' low Gm Dm Bb F But the reasons now escape me as I walk the iron road F Bb F Like a lot of kids I left my boyhood home Bb F Worked a little on the railroad, Worked a little travelin' on Bb F Dm Til the closest that I ever got to an address or a phone Gm Dm Bb F Was the day I spent my last two bits on a one page letter home Bb F At 21 my arches lay down flat Gm Dm 22 I started takin' loans Bb Dm But if the train will come I'll wipe the box car dirt from off my bones Bb F And I'll curse the wheels that roll me, roll me down that iron road Bb F A Bb F Iron road, iron road, you'll never give up the gold Gm Dm I spent 24 hours today lookin' back and feelin' low Bb F 24 hours of lookin' back can k**l you, I've been told F Bb F At 60 my dad left his boyhood town Bb F Within a year our mother followed him to higher ground Bb F Dm And I'll be next to join 'em soon as I see that engine roll Gm Dm Bb F Gonna lay my head on the railroad bed and leave that iron road (2x)