Steel Still Rusts Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][C][G][D]
[A][C][G][D]
[A]Best of [Am]days liv

[Verse 1]
[C]
in' a simple life
There's [G]nowhere to go when
there's [D]only one stop light
His [A]grandmother [Am]told him,
[C]"Don't you dare sign up
They'll [G]ship you away
[D]to places we ain't heard of
[A]Get a d[Am]egree[C], and maybe be a doctor
[G]Just ask your daddy,
[D]it won't matter once they got ya"
[Am]Lifetimes you could [C]spend to find
out what she meant
[G]Her final dyin' breath,
[D]this is what she said
[A]"Long [Am]gone is the

[Verse 2]
[C]praise for
those who fought for us
[G]Ashes to ashes,
turn[D]s out steel still rusts
[A]Stone [Am]carved in your [C]name,
no one can really trust
[G]Shoulder another sol[D]dier
they stole from us
[Am]Don't ever bend,
[C]don't ever crawl
[G]Supposed [D]to stand and never fall
[A]Long [Am]gone is the p[C]raise for
those who fought for us
[G]Ashes to ashes,
turn[D]s out steel still [A]rust[Am]s"

[Verse 3]
[C](Ashes to ashes and [G]dust [D]to dust)
Steel still [Am]rusts
[C](Ashes to ashes and
dust [G]to [D]dust)
[Am]A third of his life off

[Verse 4]
[C]in a foreign land
[G]Thanks for your service,
sin[D]cerely, Uncle Sam
[A]Lost [Am]the best of f[C]riends he'd ever known
And [G]no line of welcome signs
[D]once he got back home
[A]He got[Am] a job[C], a doorman at a dive bar
Be[G]came a bodyguard,
[D]protecting famous rock stars
[Am]Lost count of the [C]times he's
been around the world
[G]Promised grandmama he'd
[D]never lose these words
[Am]Long gone is the

[Verse 5]
[C]praise for
those who fought for us
[G]Ashes to ashes,
turn[D]s out steel still rusts
[A]Stone [Am]carved in your [C]name,
no one can really trust
[G]Shoulder another sol[D]dier
they stole from us
[Am]Don't ever bend,
[C]don't ever crawl
[G]Supposed [D]to stand and never fall
[Am]Long gone is the [C]praise for
those who fought for us
[G]Ashes to ashes,
turns [D]out steel still [A]rust[Am]s

[Verse 6]
[C](Ashes to ashes and [G]dust [D]to dust)
Steel still [Am]rusts
[C](Ashes to ashes and [G]dust to dust)
And dust [D]to dust

[Interlude 1]
[D][F][C][G]
[D][F][C]
[G][A][C]
[G][D]
[A]Forever fee[Am]l

[Verse 7]
[C]the wounds
that never heal
When [G]fallen friends are now [D]a line
of crosses in a field
[Am]

[Verse 8]
Long gone is the [C]praise for
those who fought for us
[G]Ashes to ashes,
turn[D]s out steel still rusts (steel still [Am]rusts)
Stone carved in your [C]name,
no one can really trust
[G]Shoulder another sol[D]dier
they stole from us
[Am]Don't ever bend,
[C]don't ever crawl
[G]Supposed [D]to stand and never
fall (and never [Am]fall)
Long gone is the [C]praise for
those who fought for us
[G]Ashes to ashes,
turns [D]out steel still [A]rust[Am]s

[Verse 9]
[C](Ashes to ashes and dust [G]to [D]dust)
Steel still [Am]rusts (steel still
[C]rusts)
(Ashes to ashes and dust [G]to [D]dust)
Steel still [Am]rusts