Steel Town

	  		
 

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In a steel town  
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It’s all fun and games ‘til graduation 
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When you work 51 or take one for vacation 
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In a beach town 

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In a steel town  
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That shift you work is what the world revolves round 
            D                                F#m 
When that whistle winds its almost time to wind down 
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Over a cold round 

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In a steel town you learn how 
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to bend and not break 
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How to hang in, how to cut loose 
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How to find a way 
        F#m                                    D 
How to start with nothing, build it from the ground  
       F#m                               D 
Everything that matters most I learned about 


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In a steel town 
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All the talk is football and the weather 
          D                                 F#m 
And it always seems next season’s looking better 
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Than right now  

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Yeah in a steel town 
       D                                       A 
Your boots and jeans and shirts and cars are passed down 
         D                              F#m 
There’s not a lot but there’s enough to go around 
    D 
I found  

        A                  E   
In a steel town you learn how 
     D 
to bend and not break 
         A                    E    
How to hang in, how to cut loose 
         D  
How to find a way 
        F#m                                    D 
How to start with nothing, build it from the ground  
       F#m                               D 
Everything that matters most I learned about 
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In a steel town 

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In a steel town 
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Oooh 


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In a steel town 
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We realize we’re all in this thing together 
          D                                     F#m 
And you learn to take the heat and stand the pressure 
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In a meltdown  

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In a steel town 
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In a steel town 
         F#m                                    D  
How to start with nothing, build it from the ground  
          F#m                             D 
You can leave, but your heart will hang around  
       
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In a steel town  
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Yeah in a steel town  
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In a steel town  


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