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mesabi chords by 
Tom Russell
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Intro 1
D
A
Bm
G
A
D
Verse 1
D
Have you ever seen Duluth
A
G
When the Great Lake waves
D
G
were pounding?
There must be some way
Bm
out of there
A
You might end up lost or drowning
D
And the polkas at the Polish
A
G
dance hall
D
A
And the carnivals of spring
G
And the rock and roll on
Bm
that upright piano
Didn't the kid make the high
A
school rafters ring?
Verse 2
Bm
The kid heard Howlin' Wolf
G
Every night on the radio
Bm
From those airwaves blasting
all the way
F#m
Nogales, Mexico
Bm
And the duck- tail boys in Saint Cloud
A
Polished up their chords of fame
G
And the armoury show where
D
Buddy Holly sang
E
A
'The Learning of the Game'
D
Some things never
Verse 3
A
change
G
D
A
G
On the Mesabi Iron Range
Where the north country's
Bm
rain screams
"Don't make me do the work
A
my father did"
G
Bethlehem of the troubadour
Interlude 1
kid
G
A
Bm
G
Bm
A
Verse 4
D
A
Have you heard the desert wind blow
G
D
A
'Cross the City of the Angels?
G
Bm
I was that kid playing football
In a Catholic school,
A
deep down in Mexican town
Richie Valens sang,
D
A
G
'La Bamba'
D
G
It's eighty miles to Tijuana
Bm
I stole my parent's car one day
Never found the dark- eyed ladies
A
in the cowboy songs
Verse 5
Bm
Just a kid listening
G
To my Uncle George's re cord player
Bm
Where the great vinyl wheel spun 'round
F#m
Its holy prayer
Bm
And steel guitars in Telecaster bars
A
Of San Joaquin towns
G
And the 'Don't Think Twice
D
E
It's Alright'
A
Mesabi Holy Ground
Verse 6
D
A
Some things never change
G
D
A
It's still the learning of the game
G
Bm
You might end up on Fifth and Main
Please don't make me go
A
out like my father did
G
I wanna sing like the troubadour kid
A
Some things never change
Verse 7
D
A
G
D
A
G
On the Mesabi Iron Range
Bm
Where the north country's
rain screams
"Please don't make me do
A
the work my father did"
G
Bethlehem of the troubadour kid
Verse 8
D
A
G
Some things never change
D
Some things never change
G
Bm
Yeah, some things never change
Outro 1
A
G
A
D
A
G
D
A
G
Bm
A
G
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