D [Verse]D G Nine steps down on a ten story rideD A D One part love and two parts prideD G Three tons of steel and four miles to goD A D Sinking them down in the Gulf of Mexico [Interlude]D [Verse]D G Rigged on point, top of the towerD A D Watch for those waves they’ll be rising fastD G Call to the driller down on the shoreD A D Derrickhand you better keep pumping that gas [Chorus]G No time to think of the girls in their cottonD Dresses they wear in the early springtimeG Memories here they’re all long forgottenG A D Nine steps down on a ten story rideA D Nine steps down on a ten story ride [Interlude]D [Verse]D G All of the boys, thought you were beautyD A D My motivation was a little less kindD G Come with me I got something to show youD A D Out past the trees where the river runs wild [Chorus]G My oh my you were more than I bargainedD For one time at the five and dimeG Spending all my nickels and quartersG A D One part love and two parts prideA D One part love and two parts pride [Interlude]D [Verse]D G Put the hammer on down, we might just make itD A D Watch your eyes, from drifting off the roadD G Drink ‘em on down, five for a dollarD A D Get it to the man with the weekly load [Chorus]G The rubber on the tires burning like a matchstickD Blacklist heart on a long ride homeG Ain’t no god just a lifetime of SundaysG A D Three tons of steel and four miles to goA D Three tons of steel and four miles to go [Interlude]D [Verse]D G Waters rising, all around your mindD A D The slack pulling fast but you try to keep looseD G There’s a storm rolling in on, New OrleansD A D Gonna string everybody in a hang man’s noose [Chorus]G Nine steps down on a ten story rideD One part love and two parts prideG Three tons of steel and four miles to goG A D Sinking them down in the Gulf of MexicoG A D Sinking them down in the Gulf of MexicoA D Sinking them down in the Gulf of Mexico
Nine Steps Down
The Band Of Heathens
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