Knockin The Dust Off The Rust Belt Tonight

Intro:      A7 D7  G#7 C A7 D7 G7 C  G7 C       then vamp:  C G7 C G7


Verse 1
        C               C                   C                      A7
Well… the lights are on, it’s time to go   Gotta hit the stage for another show
 D7                        G7           C       G7
Knockin’ the dust off the rust belt tonight
  C                             C                          A7
I started out, all by myself   But I’m lucky now that I’ve found some help to
 D7                     G7              C       C7
Knock the dust off the rust belt tonight


Chorus:
  F         F             C7              C       D7          D7                  G7  (pause)
Have you   seen what’s   happenin’ round here?   You ask most people, they don’t care
      A7        A7        D7                G#7             C            A7            D7 
But now is the time   we have to do things right   So we’re knockin’ the dust off the rust
 G    C
 belt tonight

(Shortnin’ bread riff: C F C G7 C)


Verse 2
         C            C             C                        A7
From the C H I to the S T L   I was born raise a ruckus and do it well
D7                         G7             C      G7
Knockin’ the dust off the rust belt tonight
  C                     C                    C                           A7
Take a jazz band with a country beat   It’s Midwestern Swing for your dancin’ feet
             D7                     G7         C        C7
We’re gonna knock the dust off the rust belt tonight


Chorus
  F         F             C7              C       D7           D7                 G7  (pause)
Have you   seen what’s   happenin’ round here?   You ask most people, they don’t care
      A7        A7        D7                G#7             C             A7           D7 
But now is the time   we have to do things right   So we’re knockin’ the dust off the rust
 G       C
 belt tonight

Instrumental Verse and chorus:  C C C A7 D7 G7 C G7    C C C A7 D7 G7 C C7
                                F F C7 C  D7 D7 G7  (Pause)   A7  A7 D7  G#7 C A7 D7 G C

(Shortnin’ bread riff: C F C G7 C)


Verse 3
   C            C                               C                           A7
A newspaperman said it couldn’t be done   But I lived it, I wrote it, in a song I sung
D7                         G7           C       G7
Knockin’ the dust off the rust belt tonight
  C                            C                        C                    A7
This ain’t your momma and your daddy’s Midwest   (We) have what it takes to stand the test
  D7                      G7            C       C7
Knockin’ the dust off the rust belt tonight


Chorus
  F         F             C7              C        D7         D7                 G7  (pause)
Have you   seen what’s   happenin’ round here?   You ask most people, they don’t care
    A7          A7       D7                G#7              C            A7           D7  
But now is the time  we have to do things right   So we’re knockin’ the dust off the rust 
 G       C
belt tonight
    A7          A7       D7                G#7              C            A7           D7  
Yeah now is the time   we have to do things right   So we’re knockin’ the dust off the 
 G       C
rust belt tonight

C             A7          D7   G
knockin’ the dust off the rust belt
C             A7          D7   G
knockin’ the dust off the rust belt
C             A7          D7   G       C
knockin’ the dust off the rust belt tonight  (end)